(one synonym is Nymphula aristodora Turner, 1908) ACENTROPINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph, listed as Parapoynx sinuosa)
The wings of the adult of this species are white have a pale brown markings, some outlined in black. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
On twenty new species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7 (1892), pp. 261-262.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 17 October 2021)