Hemiscopis violacea (T.P. Lucas, 1892) (previously known as Pyrausta violacea) ODONTIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Babinda, Queensland)

The adults are brown, with the forewings each having two vague purplish bands. The hindwings are yellow with dark areas beside and along the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

In its resting posture, the labial palps and the forelegs are held straight forward, and the antennae held straight back over the body.

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

This species has been found in

New South Wales.

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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. 263-264.

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(written 6 October 2014, updated 15 September 2025)