Neargyrioides aglaopis (Turner, 1911) (also known as Chionobosca aglaopis) CRAMBINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths have shiny white forewings which have dark-edged brown borders. The hindwings are white, shading to pale brown along the costas. The head and thorax are brown, and the abdomen is white. The labial palps are prominent and hairy. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The species is found in Australia in

Queensland.

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

There is controversy whether this species should be in CRAMBINAE or in SCHOENOBIINAE.

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(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), p. 112.

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(updated 22 January 2013, 29 October 2014, 1 September 2019, 22 May 2021)