Calindoea polygraphalis (Walker, 1866)
(previously known as Pyralis polygraphalis)
SICULODINI,   SICULODINAE,   THYRIDIDAE,   THYRIDOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species are white, with several broken brown lines across each wing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species is found in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 209.

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (polygraphalis),
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 34, Supplement 4 (1866), p. 1240.


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    (created 22 January 2012, revised 28 January 2012)