Nacoleia alincia Turner, 1908 SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Harold McQueen, Goodna, Queensland)

The adult moth has pale brown wings, with dark markings. The antennae of the males in this genus each have a sharp bend with a spur at the bend. The body is brown with a white band on the abdomen. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in Australia in:

Queensland.

female, underside
(Photo: courtesy of Harold McQueen, Goodna, Queensland)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), p. 90.

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(written 29 January 2013, 17 December 2015)