Notarcha chrysoplasta Meyrick, 1884 (one synonym : Lygropia chryselectra, Lower, 1903) SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are pale yellow with a subtle pattern of slightly darker jagged lines across the wings. The edges of the wings have gold fringes. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1884, p. 311.

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(updated 18 March 2012)