Arippara disticha (Turner, 1904) (previously known as Bostra disticha) PYRALINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings that each ahave 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 3 cms.

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(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in Australia in :

Queensland.

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

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
A preliminary revision of the Australian Thyrididae and Pyralidae. Part I,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 18 (1904), p. 190, genus 22.

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(updated 19 August 2012, 10 January 2021)