PYRAUSTINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moth is pale brown, with a submarginal arc of dark dots and sometimes a central dark splodge on each forewing. The hindwings fade toward the bases. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in Australia in:
Further reading
Edward Meyrick,
On the Classification of the Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of The Entomological Society of London,
1885, Part 4, pp. 445-446.
Hari Sutrisno and Marianne Horak,
Revision of the Australian species of Hyalobathra Meyrick
(Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) based on adult morphology
and with description of a new species,
Australian Journal of Entomology,
Volume 42, Issue 3 (August 2003), pp 233–248.
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(written 4 April 2013, updated 14 July 2018)