Lacalma ferrealis (Hampson, 1906)
(previously known as Orthaga ferrealis)
EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

This moth has dark green forewings with white markings, and plain brown hindwings. The wingspan is about 3 cms. The green fades to brown in dead specimens.


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

The species is found in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    On new Thyrididae and Pyralidae,
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 7, Volume 17 (1906), pp. 145-146, No. 3a.


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    (updated 12 February 2010, 16 August 2019)