Musotima acrias (Meyrick, 1884) MUSOTIMINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have brown or yellow wings with various white and dark brown markings. The wingspan is about 1.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in:

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1884, pp. 289-290.

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(written 24 July 2025, updated 8 February 2026)