(previously known as Margaronia limbata) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has translucent white wings with a brown costa on each forewing. The forewings may also have a small dark spot near the middle, and both wings have dark dashes around the edges. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species is found in:
and in Australia in
Further reading :
Arthur G. Butler,
Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1886, Part 4, p. 430, No. 78.
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(updated 15 March 2011, 1 March 2019)