(formerly known as Microcyttara eumeces) GALLERIINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have brown wings with a complex pattern of dark markings including zigzag lines on each forewing. The hindwings are off-white shading to pale brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 24 (1913), p. 133.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 8 October 2018)