| MIDILINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Mark Heath, Western Australia)
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| MIDILINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Mark Heath, Western Australia)
The Caterpillars of this species feed on
The adult moths have forewings that are brown each shading to rusty brown at the base with two submarginal dark lines, and a black-outlined white spot near the base. The hindwings are white, darkening towards the wingtips, each with one submarginal dark line. The undersides are brown fading to white at the bases, each with one or two submarginal dark lines. The forewings have hooked wingtips, and slightly doubly recurved margins. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading:
George F. Hampson,
Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Crambinae and Siginae,
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 9, Volume 4 (1919), Number 23, p. 318, No. 1a.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 25 February 2015, updated 17 March 2019, 5 March 2021)