Euageta dianipha (Lower, 1902) (previously known as Crambus dianipha) PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia)

The moth has dark brown forewings, each with a wide pale line. The hindwings are pale brown, often reddish. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 26 (1902), p. 660.

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(written 29 May 2024)