Scoparia gethosyna Turner, 1922 SCOPARIINI,   SCOPARIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Christine Darwood, Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings, each with broad dark brown bands broken by yellow patches. The hindwings are off-white darkening towards the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been caught in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35 (1922), p. 53.

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(written 22 November 2023)