Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

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

Pygospila tyres
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

This moth has black wings with white spots. The wingspan is about 4 cms. It is a rainforest species found in south-east Asia, including :

  • Hong Kong,
  • India,
  • Thailand,
    as well as in Australia:
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pls. 31.10,31.11, p. 442.

    Buck Richardson,
    Mothology,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2008, p. 12.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 184.

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    (updated 3 November 2010)