Epicrocis metallopa (Lower, 1898)
(previously : Cetermna metallopa)
PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are orange, with black markings. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Lepidoptera: with a note on Deilephila livornica, Esp.,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 23 (1898), p. 46.


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    (updated 1 March 2008)