Triple-banded Moth - Mocis trifasciata

Family Noctuidae, subfamily CATOCALINAE

This page contains pictures and information about Triple-banded Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Wingspan 40mm

 

The moth is brown in colour with a pinkish-brown band across each forewing. Under the band there is a line of black dots.

 

 

 

Colours may be vary a bit between individuals. 

 

  

 

This moth is quite common in Brisbane bushland. They usually rest on the plants materials on the ground during the day time, flies to a meter away when disturbed. 

 

 

 

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Caterpillar length 50mm

 

In late winter, we found a caterpillar on a tall grass in Wishart bushland. We collected it home with some grasses. One day later, it pupated on a grass leaf. Two week later it become a Triple-banded Moth.

 

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Reference:

1. Moths of Australia - Ian F.B.Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p452, fig47.5.

2. Mocis trifasciata (Stephens, 1830) - Australian Caterpillars, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2008. 

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