(formerly known as Schoenobius caustodes) ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths are brown, with the forewings each having a vague dark spot near the middle, and some vague dark spots around the margin. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Schoenobius caustodes a new species of Pyralid (Lep.) from the collection of the D. Entomolog. Institut.,
Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem,
Volume 1 (1934), p. 82.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 19 April 2019)