(previously known as Botys tiasalis) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Aila Keto,
Springbrook, Queensland)
The adult moth has yellow wings with brown speckles and with some indistinct zigzag brown lines across them. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
and in Australia in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 19 (1859), p. 994.
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(written 28 January 2013, updated 26 October 2019)