Parapoynx medusalis (Walker, 1859) (formerly known as Zebronia medusalis) ACENTROPINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Finniss River, Northern Territory)

All four wings of the adult moth of this species are white with a pattern of curly pale brown lines, and with a black spot in the cell, and a small black spot halway along the margin. The forewings also have a variable number of dark marks along the costa. The head is white. The thorax is pale brown. The abdomen is off-white with variable dark markings including two dark spots on the back of the first segment. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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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. 486, No. 31.

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(written 14 February 2026)