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Donuca spectabilis, the white-spotted owl-moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in most of mainland Australia. [1]
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae feed on Acacia saligna .
The Thyrididae comprise the family of picture-winged leaf moths. They are the only family in the superfamily Thyridoidea, which sometimes has been included in the Pyraloidea, but this isn't supported by cladistic analysis.
Lemyra is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus contains many species from East and South Asia, Sundaland and Australia. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Termessa nivosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.
Myelobia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Astha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Dactyloplusia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Chou Io and Lu Chinsheng in 1979. Its single species, Dactyloplusia impulsa, was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.
Donuca is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Zeheba is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Moore in 1887.
Marumba is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.
Donuca castalia, the brown white banded noctuid, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Queensland.
Donuca rubropicta is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1874. It is found in Australia in south-eastern Queensland and north-east New South Wales.
Donuca xanthopyga is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Turner in 1909. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland.
Donuca orbigera is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in the northern half of Australia.
Donuca lanipes is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in the north-eastern quarter of Australia.
Condica dolorosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics, including Borneo, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Queensland in Australia.
Chasmina candida is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji, including many islands of the Indian Ocean and Pacific.
Pinara metaphaea, the pinara moth, is a species of moth of the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is known from south-east Australia, including New South Wales and Victoria.
Comocrus behri aka 'Mistletoe Moth', is widely distributed in southern Australia from Perth to Melbourne and adjacent to Bass Strait, occurring as far north as Derby, Western Australia, and Clermont and Rockhampton in Queensland. It may be seen during daylight hours hovering around mistletoe species such as Amyema miquelii, Amyema melaleucae and Amyema cambadgei growing on Casuarina and Eucalyptus trees. The adult moths feed on Eucalypus flower nectar, have a wingspan of some 58 millimetres and are basically black with white bands running through the wings. Males exhibit 'hill-topping' behaviour, flying to high points in the landscape and there encountering females ready for mating.
D. spectabilis may refer to:
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