ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have orange wings with blue, grey, and white markings. The wingspan is about 2 cms. Curiously, the moths are attracted to pheromone lures for moths in the family COSMOPTERIGIDAE.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1887, pp. 204-205.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 26.
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(updated 15 February 2011)