| (one synonym : Botys luciferalis Walker 1866) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Kevin McCready, Condong, New South Wales)
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| (one synonym : Botys luciferalis Walker 1866) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Kevin McCready, Condong, New South Wales)
The adult moth of this species has a striking pattern on the wings of brown filigree surrounding white blobs of various sizes. It has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
It is found in south-east Asia, including:
and in Australia in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pls. 9.13, 26.2, p. 356.
Peter Hendry,
The Return of the Crambidae,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 54 (September 2009), pp. 23-25,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 38.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera : Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 17 (1859), p. 505, No. 16.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera, Seventh Series,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 34, Supplement part 4 (1865), p. 1412.
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(updated 27 January 2013, 7 April 2015, 5 December 2020)