(one synonym : Cotochena trinotata Butler, 1887) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Specimen: courtesy of
The Australian Museum)
This moth is brown with three to five white spots on each forewing. The hindwings are white, each with a broken transverse brown line and a brown margin. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is found in south-east Asia, including
as well as in Australia in:
Further reading
Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 18 (1859), p. 655, No. 187.
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(updated 15 February 2010, 26 January 2013)