Faveria laiasalis Walker, 1859
 (formerly known as Trachonitis sublignalis)
PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

These Caterpillars have been reared on:

  • Couch Grass ( Cynodon dactylon, POACEAE ).


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

    The adult moths have forewings that are brown, with a dark mark near the base on the hind margin. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

    The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further Reading:

    Marianne Horak,
    The phycitine genera Faveria Walker, Morosaphycita, gen. nov., Epicrocis Zeller, Ptyobathra Turner and Vinicia Ragonot in Australia (Pyralidae: Phycitinae),
    Invertebrate Taxonomy,
    Volume 11, Number 3 (1997), pp. 333 - 421.

    Francis Walker,
    Pyralides,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 19 (1859), p. 889, No. 1.

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    (updated 2 September 2008)