| (one synonym is Musotima stictochroa Turner, 1915.) MUSOTIMINAE, 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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| (one synonym is Musotima stictochroa Turner, 1915.) MUSOTIMINAE, 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 are dark brown with a number of white markings, including a prominent kidney-shaped white spot near the middle of each wing. The wing margins are recurved. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
George F. Hampson,
On the classification of two sub-families of moths of the family Pyralidae:
the Hydrocampinae and Scopariinae,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
Volume 2 (1897) p. 160, No. 12.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 27 (1915), pp. 37-38.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 25 December 2018)