Parapoynx euryscia (Meyrick, 1885) (formerly known as Hydreuretis euryscia) ACENTROPINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Riddell's Creek, Victoria)

The wings of the adult of this species are white with a bold pattern of dark brown zig-zag lines. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1885 (4), pp. 435-436.

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(written 4 January 2017)