Canuza euspilella (Walker, 1866)
 (one synonym is Anerastia mirabilella Meyrick, 1878)
ODONTIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Canuza euspilella
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The moth has rusty brown forewings, each with a variable dark edged white blob on the hind margin. The hindwings are a variable greyor yellow. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Canuza euspilella
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Mirboo North, Victoria)

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Austraian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

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

    Further reading:

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 9.44, p. 354.

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), pp. 1771-1772.

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    (written 16 January 2017, updated 8 October 2020)