Hednota bifractellus

Hednota bifractellus (Walker, 1863)
(previously known as Crambus bifractella)
CRAMBINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA

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

$Hednota bifractellus$
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths have forewings that are pale brown, with fractured white stripes. The hindwings are pale brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

$Hednota bifractellus$
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in Australia in :

Northern Territory,

Queensland,

New South Wales,

Victoria, and

South Australia.

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

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pls. 8.31, 25.15, p.351.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 28.

Francis Walker,
Crambites & Tortricites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 27 (1863), p. 174, No. 127.

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(updated 13 November 2011, 2 April 2019, 22 May 2021)