(previously known as Botys pharisalis) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Baird, O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moth has brown wings, each with a dark comma-shaped spot near the middle, and two vague fragmented dark zigzag lines. The hindwings are brown, each with a vague dark mark near the middle. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading
Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 18 (1859), p. 726, No. 312.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 3 May 2022)