(formerly known as Cataclysta haematera) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(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.
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
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)