(formerly known as Hydreuretis euryscia) ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Marriott, Riddell's Creek, Victoria)
The forewings of the adult of this species are white with a bold pattern of dark brown zig-zag lines. The hindwings are white with a vague pattern of brown zigzag lines. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1885 (4), pp. 435-436.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 4 January 2017, updated 28 June 2024)