Ammatucha lathria Turner, 1922 PHYCITIINI,   PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

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

The moth of this species has pale grey forewings, each with complex brown markings along the hind margin, a tapered dark band including a black line across the middle, and a brown area along the margin containing a pale curvy submarginal band. The hindwings are off-white with brown veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35, Part 1 (1922), p. 44.

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(written 14 December 2021)