Leucania venalba Moore, 1867
 (one synonym : Cirphis philippensis Swinhoe, 1917)
HADENINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Leucania venalba
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

These adult moths have wings that are finely streaked in brown, with half a dark-edged white line down the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the wingtips. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

The species has been found across south-east Asia, including

  • Borneo,
  • China
  • India,
  • Singapore,
  • Thailand,

    and in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Frederic Moore,
    On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal (continued),
    Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London,
    1867, p. 48.

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    (updated 19 May 2010, 10 February 2026)