Diplopseustis prophetica (Meyrick, 1887)
(one synonym is Myriostephes eucosmeta Turner, 1939)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Yarra Ranges, Victoria)

The adult has greyish fawn forewings each with a white spot near the middle, and two or three transverse white=edged dark curvy lines between differently shaded areas. The hindwings have similar markings to those on the forewings, but are more muted. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.


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

The species is found in Australia in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1887, p. 198.


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    (updated 24 March 2011, 2 October 2020)