| (previously known as Acigona infusella) CRAMBINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (previously known as Acigona infusella) CRAMBINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
This species has been introduced deliberately into Australia from South America. The Caterpillars of this moth feed on :
which are serious problems on tropical waterways.
The adult moths have brown forewings with a faint pattern. The hind wings are white with a faint brown edge, and a silken sheen. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is endemic in South America, including
The species now also occurs in Australia in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 72.
M.H. Julien,
Biological control of water hyacinth ...water hyacinth 2 :
the moths Niphograpta albiguttalis and Xubida infusellus :
biologies, host ranges, and rearing, releasing and
monitoring techniques for biological control of Eichhornia crassipes,
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2001.
Francis Walker,
Crambites & Tortricites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 27 (1863), pp. 140-141.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 7 September 2009, 23 January 2025)