Mellea ordinaria (Warren, 1896)
(previously knpwn as : Banisia ordinaria)
 RHODONEURINI ,   SICULODINAE ,   THYRIDIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Mellea ordinaria
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species are brown, with several wavy paler and darker bands across each wing.

The species is found in

  • New Guinea,
    and in Australia in
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 20 January 2011)