(previously known as Myelois oenobarella) PHYCITINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
The moth has forewings each with a pattern of ragged bands of various shades of brown, with a white one across the middle. The hindwings are white with brown veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. II. Crambites,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 4, Part 2 (1879), pp. 228-229.
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(updated 25 October 2012, 24 October 2014, 24 October 2020)