Cardamyla hercophora (Meyrick, 1884)
 PYRALINI,   PYRALINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth has yellow or white forewings, each crossed by three variable broken black bars with another black band along the margin, and a black spot near the middle. The hindwings are yellow, each with a black margin, a black submarginal band, and a black mark near the middle. The moth has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

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

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Western Australia
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    On the classification of Australian Pyralidina,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1884, p. 281.

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    (written 7 February 2022)