Hednota argyroeles (Meyrick, 1882)
(previously known as Thinasotia argyroeles)
CRAMBINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Hednota argyroeles
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths have forewings that are pale brown, with white stripes interrupted by a submarginal brown band. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VII: Revisional,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 7, Part 2 (1882), pp. 163-165.


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    (written 3 December 2012, updated 23 February 2013, 1 September 2019)