(previously : Herculia chytriodes) PYRALINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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.
The species has been found in Australia in :
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, 28 November 2017, 13 January 2021)