Epicyrtica bryistis (Turner, 1902) CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are green and brown, with several dark zigzag bands across each wing. The forewings each often have a dark-outlined oval near the middle in a vague dark band across each wing, which meets another vague sub-hindmarginal band to form a skew dark 'T' shape. The hindwings are much paler than the forewings. The green coloration fades to brown in dead specimens. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New genera and species of Lepidoptera belonging to the family Noctuidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 27 (1902), pp. 109-110.

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(written 30 December 2018, updated 11 September 2024)