Diathrausta ochreipennis (Butler, 1886)
 (formerly known as Pterygisus ochreipennis)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Diathrausta ochreipennis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species are black, with white and yellow spots on the forewings, and yellow patches on the hindwings. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Diathrausta ochreipennis
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

It is a schlerophyll forest species, widespread in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Diathrausta ochreipennis
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    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. 429, No. 76.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 36.

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    (updated 19 June 2005, 28 November 2020, 8 January 2022)