Elachypteryx erebenna Turner, 1908
 MUSOTIMINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species are dark brown with a number of white markings, including an elongated spot near the middle of each forewing. The wing margins are scalloped. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 32 (1908), p. 80.

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    (written 12 March 2019)