Agrioglypta itysalis (Walker, 1859)
(one synonym : Glyphodes piepersialis)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda)

The adult is white, with a striking brown pattern. It is distinguishable from Agrioglypta excelsalis by having no white margin on the wings. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

This species seems to occur exclusively in rainforest. It is one of the most frequently encountered pyralids at nocturnal ultra-violet collecting lights in the Australian wet tropical rainforest.

The species occurs in south-east Asia, including:

  • Indonesia Japan, and
  • Taiwan,
    as well as in Australia in
  • Queensland, in rainforest sites between the Cairns district and the Iron Range on Cape York, and
  • Northern Territory, in monsoon forest near Gove.

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    (updated 15 March 2011)