(previously known as: Cataclysta glycerialis) ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(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.
The species has been found in Australia in :
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)