Elophila sinuosa (T.P. Lucas, 1892)
(one synonym is Nymphula aristodora Turner, 1908)
ACENTROPINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Elophila sinuosa
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, listed as Parapoynx sinuosa)

The wings of the adult of this species are white have a pale brown markings, some outlined in black. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    On twenty new species of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 7 (1892), pp. 261-262.


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    (written 17 October 2021)