Black Eutelin Moth - Pataeta carbo
Family Noctuidae, Subfamily EUTELIINAE
This page contains pictures and information about Brown Noctuid Moths in subfamily EUTELINAE that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 25mm
- The moth is dull black in colour with shiny black wave-lines across wings. The covered hindwings are white in colour with black patch. The abdomen is curled upward when rest.
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- We found this moth inside our house 2002. The caterpillar feeds on Eucalyptus.
- We found another one outside our house on March 2007. We found this moth inside our house from time to time.
- The caterpillar is brown in colour, feeds on Gum tree Eucalyptus and Bottlebrush Callistemon.
- Bottlebrush
- Callistemon sp.
- Reference:
- 1. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p456, Fig47.16.
- 2. Pantaeta carbo - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks, 2004.
- 3. Pataeta carbo (Guenee, 1852) - Australian Caterpillars, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2009.
