Notocrambus cuprealis (Hampson, 1907)
 (formerly: Eclipsiodes cuprealis)
SCOPARIINI,   SCOPARIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Notocrambus cuprealis
(Photo: courtesy of Reiner Richter, Baw Baw, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have a pattern of light and dark grey or brown on the forewings, and paler plain hindwings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been caught in

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae and Noctuidae,
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 7, Volume 19 (1907), p. 20, No. 3.

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    (written 10 April 2019, updated 23 December 2024)