Eusabena paraphragma (Meyrick, 1889)
 (one synonym : Bocchoris xanthialis Hampson, 1898)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species is yellow, with branched dark brown sinuous lines over each wing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species is found in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    On some Lepidoptera from New Guinea,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1889, p. 517, No. 157.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 37.

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    (updated 20 May 2008)