MIDILINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have fawn forewings, each with a scattering of dark dots, and two vague dark transverse bands. The hindwings are white, darkening towards the wingtips. The head and thorax are rusty-red. The wingspan is up to 4 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading:
A. Jefferis Turner,
Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 53 (1941), p. 85.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 17 March 2019)