SCOPARIINI, SCOPARIINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris,
Walkerville, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species have a complex black, brown and white pattern on each forewing. The hindwings are off-white darkening towards the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been caught in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,
Volume 17, 1885, pp. 77-78, No. 8.
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(written 30 January 2017, updated 2 October 2020)