Heliocheilus cladotus Swinhoe, 1901
 HELIOTHINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Heliocheilus cladotus
(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Lansdowne, Northern Territory)

The adult moth of this species has white forewings, each with broad streaks along each vein. The hindwings are also white, each with dark brown veins, and variable brown patches on the margin. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

This species has been found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.

    Heliocheilus cladotus
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Lucinda Gibson & Sarah McCaffrey, Museum Victoria)

    Further reading :

    Marcus Matthews,
    Heliothine Moths of Australia:
    A Guide to Pest Bollworms and Related Noctuid Groups,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1999, pp. 58-60, 157-158, 196-197, plate 7.

    Charles Swinhoe,
    New and little known moths from India and Australia,
    The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 7, Volume 8 (1901), pp. 126-127.

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    (written 25 April 2019, updated 9 February 2026)