Audea irioleuca

Audea irioleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Audea
Species: A. irioleuca
Binomial name
Audea irioleuca
(Meyrick, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Thyas irioleuca Meyrick, 1897

Audea irioleuca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland[1] and the Northern Territory.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are pale grey with dark patches near the middle of the costa and the inner margin of the forewings. The hindwings are white with a black marginal band.[2]

References

  1. Kühne, Lars, 2005: Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 2: 1-220
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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