Ocrasa chytriodes (Turner, 1911)
 (previously : Herculia chytriodes)
PYRALINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Kununurra, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are dark brown with two faint curvy lines across them, and a variable dark spot near the middle. The hindwings are similar but paler. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.


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

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Annals of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 10 (1911), pp. 128-129.

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    (updated 30 October 2012, 17 November 2025)