Sedenia cervalis Guenée, 1854
 SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Sedenia cervalis
(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Tinderbox, Tasmania)

The adult moths of this species are off-white with brown edges and other brown markings on the wings. The forewing costas are slightly concave. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Sedenia cervalis
male, drawing by Achille Guenée, Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), Plate 3, fig. 3,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Sedenia cervalis
    showing underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Tinderbox, Tasmania)

    Further reading :

    Achille Guenée,
    Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée: Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), p. 250, No. 235, and also Plate 3, fig. 3.

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    (written 18 November 2015, updated 5 December 2020)