Etiella grisea Hampson, 1903
(one synonym is Etiella drososcia Meyrick, 1929)
PHYCITINI,   PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This adult moth has grey or brown forewings with an arc of dark spots edged with orange, near the base, and a white line along the costa. The hindwings are white darkening to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found across south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including

  • Cook Islands,
  • Sri Lanka,

    and in Australia in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Moths of India,
    Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,
    Volume 15 (1903), p. 33, No. 4434a.


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    (written 24 February 2017, updated 9 January 2021)