Aiteta iridias (Meyrick, 1889)
(one synonym: Aiteta elaina)
CHLOEPHORINAENOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 15 August 2008)


female
Illustration 3, Plate CLXXXVIII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The adult moths of this species are brown with of dark diagonal lines across each forewing.


male
Illustration 4, Plate CLXXXVIII, Hampson 1903-1913,
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • .


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 458.


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