PHYCITINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
This adult moth has speckled grey forewings each with a dark band across the middle. The hindwings are plain pale grey. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading:
Marianne Horak,
A review of Cadra Walker in Australia: five new native species and the two introduced pest species
(Lepidoptera: Phycitinae),
Journal of the Australian Entomological Society,
Vol. 33 (1994), pp. 245-262.
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(written 21 August 2012, updated 12 August 2013)