Pycnarmon aripanalis (Hampson, 1898) (formerly known as Metrea aripanalis) SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMaster, Mount Mellum, Queensland)

The wings of the adult moth of this species are white each with a number of dark spots partly linked by dark wiggly lines. There are also some dark spots on the thorax and the abdomen. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

drawing by George Hampson, listed as Metrea aripanalis,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1898 (Part 1), Plate L, fig. 18,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Natural History Museum Library, London.

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

George F. Hampson,
A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
1898 (Part 1), p. 757, No. 2, and also Plate 50, fig. 18.

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(written 10 September 2018, updated 31 January 2022)