Doloessa hilaropis (Meyrick, 1897) (formerly : Melissoblaptes hilaropis) GALLERIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Rebecca Stroud, Bli Bli, Queensland)

The moth of this species has brown forewings each crossed by two zigzag dark lines, and with a black line along the margin with a yellow fringe.

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

The hindwings are white. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found across south east Asia, including

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1897, p. 378.

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(written 8 May 2026)