Nola phloeophila Hampson, 1914 (one synonym: Nola macrorrhyncha Turner, A.J. 1926) NOLINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Geoffrey Cox, Adelaide, South Australia)

The adult moth of this species has grey forewings, each with a complex pattern of dark serrated lines. The hindwings are pale fawn, darkening toward the wing-tips. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

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

This species has been found in

South Australia.

female
Drawing: by Horace Knight for George Francis Hampson, listed as Nola phlœophila,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum,
Supplement 1 (1914), Plate XXIV, fig. 11,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading :

George Francis Hampson,
Catalogue of Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the British Museum,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Supplement 1 (1914), p. 419, No. 87A. and also Plate 24, fig. 11.

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(written 4 June 2026)