Cangetta haematera (Turner, 1937)
(formerly known as Cataclysta haematera)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Cangetta haematera
(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Iron Range, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings, each crossed by two vague broken broad black bands, and a third orange band edged with a wavy black line. Each hindwing has a broken brown and orange splodge crossed by a black wavy line. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Cangetta haematera
(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Cairns, Queensland)

The moths have a curious resting position with the head held high, and the abdominal tip curled up too. The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Cangetta haematera
    male
    (Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Iron Range, Queensland)


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera),
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 48 (1937), p. 77.


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    (written 23 June 2018, updated 3 October 2024)