(erroneously known as Tetrernia terminitis) ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The adults have forewings which are orange with a grey subterminal band, and have a white-edged black mark near their centres. The hindwings are similar but also have a brown mark on the margin. The wingsopan is about 1.5 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
Graham J. McDonald,
Moths of Tropical North Queensland,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 75 (December 2014), pp. 7-12, Figure 11,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1888), pp. 1109-1110.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 27.
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(updated 9 March 2012, 5 April 2014, 20 June 2022)