Nyctereutica melanophorella (Walker, 1866)
 (one synonym : Pyralis cervinalis Walker, 1862)
EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Nyctereutica melanophorella
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are brown with various blackish markings.

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

The species has been found across much of Australia, including :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), p. 1831.

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    (written 24 October 2014, updated 18 December 2020)