(previously known as Talis diargyra) CRAMBINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have cream forewings, each with several brown streaks. The moths are inclined to hold their long labial palps straight out in front of the head, looking like a birds beak. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 49 (1925), p. 42.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 5 May 2018)