Achyra nigrirenalis (Hampson, 1913)
 (previously known as Phlyctaenodes nigrirenalis)
PYRAUSTINI,   PYRAUSTINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Achyra nigrirenalis
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moth of this species has light and dark brown patterned forewings, each including a vague complex dark broad irregular band containing a pale spot. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

Achyra nigrirenalis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • South Australia.

    Achyra nigrirenalis
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae (continued),
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 8, Volume 11 (1913), p. 519, No. 29a.

    Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
    Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
    Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), p. 86.

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    (written 23 January 2013, updated 8 February 2014, 5 May 2020)