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Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

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This moth sub-category for the superfamily Noctuoidea contains the large families Noctuidae and Erebidae as well the smaller Euteliidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae and Oenosandridae.  The Arctiinae also belong to this superfamily, but are distinctive and well known so are given their own moth sub-category

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Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

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donhe wrote:
Yesterday
I put a cropped copy with a decreased gamma, and increased contrast at
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lyma/4683411.jpg
where the white zigzag is more evident.
Euproctis lutea
donhe wrote:
Yesterday
so thats why i think it is E. crocea too.
Euproctis (genus)
ibaird wrote:
22 Jul 2025
I;m not sure I can see zig zag lines.
Euproctis lutea
ibaird wrote:
22 Jul 2025
Difficult to see the detail of the forewing mark. A ragged, worn specimen. L. dasycnema has somewhat of a stubby look about it and a northern Australian distribution ie Kimberley, but I'm not sure.
Hadeninae (subfamily)
ibaird wrote:
22 Jul 2025
Difficult to see the detail of the forewing mark. A ragged, worn specimen. L. dasycnema has somewhat of a stubby look about it and a northern Australian distribution ie Kimberley, but I'm not sure.
Hadeninae (subfamily)

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