Aboetheta pteridonoma Turner, 1914 PYRAUSTINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Valery, New South Wales)

The moths of this species have pale yellow forewings each with a dark brown line along the costa, and a large dark brown Roman numeral XI on the wing (or IX on the other wing). The hindwings each are pale yellow with a prominent dark brown curved band across each wing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
The Lepidoptera of Ebor Scrub, N.S.W.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 39 (1914), pp. 551-552.

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(written 6 March 2019, updated 15 January 2023)