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Family Noctuidae, Subfamily CATOCALINAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Black Triangle Moths in subfamily Catocalinae
that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- In the subfamily Catocalinae there is a group of moths which are
dark brown to black in colours with white strips on wings. Some species have
the eye-spot patterns 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 the caterpillars in this group.
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- 4-triangled Noctuid
 - Trigonodes hyppasia, wingspan 30mm
- This 4-triangle Noctuid moth has two dark brown triangles on each forewing. Please
check
this page for more information.
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Genus Grammodes
- When rest on vertical surface, moths in this genus usually rest with head
pointing downwards.
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- Round-eyed Striped Noctuid
 - 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
  - 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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- Rectangular-striped Noctuid
  - 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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- 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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- White-striped Noctuid Moth
 - Agamana conjungens, wingspan 25mm
- We found this Noctuid Moth the first time in Yugarapul
Park during early summer 2004. It was resting on ground. Its hind wings are orange-yellow in
colour, covered under forewings. We found this moth again in Karawatha Forest on Nov 2008.
Please 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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