(formerly known as Statina rhodobaphella PHYCITINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke,
Queanbeyan, New South Wales)
The adult moths of this species have rusty brown forewings each with pale veins. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Émile Louis Ragonot,
Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae et Galleriidae,
Paris, 1888, p. 50, No. 221.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 29 April 2024)