Merodictya marmorata (T.P. Lucas, 1892)
(previously known as Nausinoe marmorata)
SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

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

Merodictya marmorata
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, LeapFrogOz, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species is blotchy brown, with a scattering of white spots on each wing.

The species is found in Australia in :

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 9.25, p. 356.


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    (updated 18 March 2012)