(previously : Nephopteryx infusella) PHYCITINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The moth of this species has brown forewings with a wavy white medial line edging a dark transverse band. The hindwings are off-white with brown edges. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera II: Crambites,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 4, Part 2 (1879), pp. 218-219.
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(written 20 February 2022)