(previously known as Pachybotys minialis) PYRAUSTINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Millaa Millaa, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has orange forewings with zigzag grey lines across each one. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms
The species is found in
Further reading
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 40.
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.
William Warren,
New Genera and Species of Pyralidae, Thyrididae, and Epiplemidae,
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
6th Series, Part 16 (1895), p. 477.
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(written 23 January 2013, updated 15 August 2017)