Glyphodes doleschalii Lederer, 1863
(erroneously Glyphodes doleschalli)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species is black with a number of translucent white patches on each wing.

The species has been found in

  • Ambon Island,
  • New Guinea

    and also in Australia in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Julius Lederer,
    Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyralidinen,
    Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift,
    Volume 7, Part 11 (1863), p. 402, and also Tafel 14, Fig. 1.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 38.


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    (updated 11 April 2009, 4 December 2020)