Anydraula glycerialis (Walker, 1859)
(previously known as: Cataclysta glycerialis)
ACENTROPINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Anydraula glycerialis
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

The wings of the adult moth are white, with wiggly brown and yellow stripes. The hindwings also each have a row of dark blue blobs along the margin. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Anydraula glycerialis
oops: lost its abdomen
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading :

    Francis Walker,
    Pyralides,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 17 (1859), pp. 450-451, No. 27.


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    (updated 16 June 2010)