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Family Noctuidae, Subfamily CATOCALINAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Block Moths in subfamily Catocalinae
that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- We noticed in the subfamily Catocalinae there is a group of moths which are
dark brown to black in colours with white strips on wings. When rest, they all
hold their forewings in equilateral triangle shape. Those colours and shape
make them do not look like a moth. We believed those Black Triangle Moths
mimicking each others and form a Mullerian
mimicry complex.
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- Not much is known about their caterpillars.
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- 4-Triangled Noctuid
 - Trigonodes hyppasia, wingspan 30mm
- We found this moth on Apr 2008 in Mt Tamborine while we were looking for the
Mountain Katydid. Check
this page for more information.
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- Rectangular-striped Noctuid Moth
 - Grammodes justa, wingspan 40mm
- The moth is dark brown with two parallel white lines across forewings and
hindwings. Check this page for
more information.
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- Round-eyed Striped Noctuid Moth
  - Grammodes ocellata, wingspan 40mm
- This moth look similar as the species above except with eye spot on each
forewing. Pictures taken on a suburban street in early summer. Check this page
for more information.
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- Narrow-eyed Striped Noctuid Moth
  - Grammodes oculata, wingspan 30mm
- The above pictures show the moths hiding near the floor under thick plants
cover in the forest during the day. This moth look similar to the above
species, with smaller body size, paler brown colour and smaller
eyespots. Please visit this page for more
information.
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- Triangular-striped Moth
 - Chalciope alcyona, Wingspan 40mm
- This moth is dark brown in colour, with a white line on each forewing
which cut the dark brown area into two triangles. Check this page
for more information.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p912.
- 2. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p453.
- 3. CATOCALINAE
in Australia - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2007.
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