| (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 in
as well as in Australia in
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.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 9 September 2018, updated 13 April 2019)