Agrioglypta zelimalis (Walker, 1859)
(one synonym : Glyphodes nyctealis)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

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


(photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult is white, with a striking brown pattern.

The species occurs around the west Pacific, including :

  • Hong Kong, and
  • New Caledonia.
    In Australia: the species appears to be rare, and our specimens were all taken in
  • Queensland,
    north of Cairns, at a range of elevations 10-1000 metres above sea level, between Cape Tribulation and the McIlwraith Range NE of Coen.

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    (updated 23 January 2011)