Catephia compsotrephes

Catephia compsotrephes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catephia
Species:	C. compsotrephes
Binomial name
Catephia compsotrephes Turner, 1932[1]

Catephia compsotrephes is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in north-western Australia.^[2]

The wingspan is about 46 mm.The forewings are dark fuscous with a few bluish-white scales. There is an obscurely darker transverse line, as well as two obscure dark spots in the middle, arranged transversely. There is also a blackish line from the costa obliquely outwards, describing a rounded curve in the disc, thence sinuate inwards to the dorsum. The hindwings are white with a broad fuscous terminal band containing three elongate white spots, as well as a white streak on the apex.^[3]

References

1. taxapad.com
2. Catephia at funet
3. New Australian Lepidoptera