Cardamyla eurycroca Turner, 1937
PYRALINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Cardamyla eurycroca
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This moth has black forewings with white and yellow markings. The hindwings are yellow or orange with extensive black and white markings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species is found in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 189.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera),
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192520#page/216/mode/2up> Volume 48 (1937), pp. 70-71.


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    (written 23 July 2015)