(one synonym : Glyphodes ledereri Butler, 1884) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moths have wings that are are black with white patches. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species was originally found in
but also occurs in Australia in
Further reading
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 38.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 34, Supplement 4 (1866), p. 1357.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(updated 27 January 2013)