Anaclastis apicistrigellus (Meyrick, 1879) (also known as Mesolia apicistrigellus) CRAMBINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are pale brown each with some white markings by the wingtip, and sometimes a white streak from base to margin. The hindwings are pale brown, fading toward the bases. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. II. Crambites,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 4, Part 2 (1880), p. 209.

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(written 8 September 2012, updated 21 May 2021)