Acanthoprora melanoleuca Hampson, 1926
CATOCALINI,   EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Acanthoprora melanoleuca
(Photo: courtesy of Bevan Buirchell, Lagrange, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings, each with a pattern of dark lines, and sometimes with a gold patch. The hindwings are off-white with dark grey margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    George Francis Hampson,
    Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History)
    British Museum (Natural History), Department of Entomology, Lepidoptera,
    London (1926), p. 86.


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    (written 2 May 2019, updated 6 April 2026)