(one synonym is Metasia crocophara Turner, 1915) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson,
Melba, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moth of this species has orange-brown forewings, each with three dark jagged transverse lines. The hindwings are brown with two vague grey transverse bands. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1884, p. 328.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 8 February 2021)