Cataclysta lampetialis Walker, 1859 ACENTROPINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Mission Beach, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have broad patterns of yellow and white on the wings, and an arc of black spots along the margin of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 17 (1859), p. 451, No. 28.

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(updated 9 March 2012)