Meyrickella torquesauria (T.P. Lucas, 1892)
 (erroneously : Prionophora torquesaria)
Red Snout
HYPENINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Meyrickella torquesauria

These Caterpillars have been found on :

  • Bribie Island Pine ( Callitris columellaris, CUPRESSACEAE ).

    Meyrickella torquesauria

    The forewings of the adults are rusty brown with striking white markings. The hindwings are fawn with broad dark margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

    They are inhabitants of

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 44.9, p. 448.

    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. 255-256.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 8-9.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 165.

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    (updated 15 April 2013, 3 April 2021)