| (one synonym: Botys niveicilialis Snellen, 1880) PYRAUSTINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
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| (one synonym: Botys niveicilialis Snellen, 1880) PYRAUSTINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moths have wings that are are pale brown with dark jagged indistinct lines across each wing. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found across south-east Asis, including
as well as in Australia in
In the past: specimens of this species have been confused with Hyalobathra unicolor, and so may not occur in Australia.
Further reading
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.
Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen,
Natuurlijke Historie. Achtse afdeeling. Lepidoptera,
Midden-Sumatra,
Volume 4, Part 8 (1880), p. 64, No. 12.
Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 18 (1859), pp. 658-659, No. 195.
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(written 9 September 2018, updated 11 May 2026)