Anydraula glycerialis (Walker, 1859) (previously known as: Cataclysta glycerialis) ACENTROPINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

The wings of the adult moth are white, with wiggly brown and yellow stripes. The hindwings also each have a row of dark blue blobs along the margin. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 17 (1859), pp. 450-451, No. 27.

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(updated 16 June 2010)