Enchesphora brachypalpia (Hampson, 1916) Tufted Pyralid (formerly known as: Poliopaschia brachypalpia) EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Nullarbor, South Australia)

This moth has fawn forewings, each with complex dark zigzag markings. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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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. 156.

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(written 9 November 2023)