Macna coelocrossa (Turner, 1911)
(formerly known as Curicta coelocrossa)
CHRYSAUGINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Macna coelocrossa
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The forewings of the adult of this species are dark brown, each with a vague pale submarginal line. The forewings each have a slightly recurved costa, and two recurves in the margin. The hindwings are paler brown. The moths has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    In the Checklist of Australian Lepidoptera this species was put in PYRALINAE, but here following Solis & Schaffer we put it in CHRYSAUGINAE.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Annals of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 10 (1911), pp. 119-120.


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    (written 12 April 2019, update 20 November 2021)