Apoblepta epicharis Turner, 1911 CYBALOMIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth of this species has white wings with wavy pale bands across them. The forewings each have a wide rusty brown mark near the middle above a dark dot. The wingspan of the males is about 2 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 29.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), p. 125.

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(updated 17 March 2012)