Hednota hoplitellus (Meyrick, 1879) (previously known as Crambus hoplitellus) CRAMBINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Cairlocup Reserve, Western Australia)

The adult moths have forewings that are pale brown, with white stripes interrupted by a submarginal white band. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Cairlocup Reserve, Western Australia)

The species has been found in Australia in :

New South Wales.

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

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. I. Crambites.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 3, Part 3 (1879), pp. 188-189.

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(written 23 March 2020)