(previously known as Nymphula tenebralis) ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The wings of this adult moth have pattern a of light and dark brown areas separated by white zigzag lines. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in :
Further reading
Oswald B. Lower,
New Species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 26 (1902), pp. 664-665.
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(written 19 January 2013, updated 7 November 2018, 4 July 2020)