Lacalma albirufalis (Hampson, 1916)
 (one synonym: Macalla diaprepes Turner, 1925)
EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This moth has fawn forewings, each with white zigzag markings, and plain brown hindwings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


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

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the sub-families Epipaschianae Chrysauginae, Endotrichinae and Pyralinae,
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 8, Volume 18 (1916), p. 137, No. 11i.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 186.

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    (written 12 February 2010, updated 4 May 2025)