Arescoptera idiotypa Turner, 1911 PYRALINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

This moth has three wavy black, green, or brown bands, divided by white lines, on each forewing. In its natural posture, it curls the abdomen up over its thorax. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Mapleton, Queensland)

The species is found in :

South Australia.

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

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Further reading :

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

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), p. 124.

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(updated 22 September 2011, 23 May 2020)