(previously known as Cataclysta polydectalis) ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Bart Hacobian & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)
Like most members of the subfamily ACENTROPINAE, these Caterpillers are probably aquatic, feeding on water weeds.
The wings of the adult of this species have a striking pattern of brown and white. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
and is widespread in Australia, including:
Further reading :
Peter Hendry,
The Return of the Crambidae,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 54 (September 2009), pp. 23-25,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club.
Graham McDonald,
Moths of Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 76 (March 2015), p. 10, fig. 5,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 27.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 17 (1859), pp. 451-452, No. 29.
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(updated 26 February 2011, 3 March 2014, 14 March 2015, 4 July 2020, 21 March 2022)