(previously known as Botys janapalis) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is yellowish brown, with dark markings including zigzag lines on each wing. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
and 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. 676, No. 230.
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(updated 3 December 2011, 28 November 2023)