Grey Snout Moth (previously : Hypophana homosema) PHYCITINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Brett & Marie Smith,
Swan Reach, South Australia)
The adult moths of this species have grey speckled forewings, each with variable markings, sometimes including a dark spot and two narrow orange lines. The hindwings are off-white, with narrow dark margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1887, p. 264.
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(updated 9 December 2009, 17 May 2021)