Glycythyma chrysorycta (Meyrick, 1884)
(previously known as : Semiocera contingens)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

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

Glycythyma chrysorycta
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species are yellow with wiggly brown lines across each wing.

The species occurs in across south-east Asia, including:

  • Japan,
    and in Australia in:
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 17 March 2012)