![]() | SCOPARIINI, SCOPARIINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female, drawing by Achille Guenée, Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), Plate X, No. 10,
Image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.
The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings each with white zig-zag lines across them, and a dark blob in the middle. The hindwings are plain pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), pp. 425-426, No. 556, and also
Plate 10, Fig. 10.
![]() caterpillar | ![]() butterflies | ![]() Lepidoptera | ![]() moths | ![]() caterpillar |
(written 21 November 2015, updated 24 July 2020)