Clupeosoma pellucidalis Snellen, 1880
 (one synonym: Noorda subrufalis Rothschild, 1915)
ODONTIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


((Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Thursday Island, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings, each crossed by an angular pale yellow scalloped transverse bar. The hindwings are pale brown, each crossed by a straight pale yellow scalloped transverse bar. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

This species has been found in

  • Makassar,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland.


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

    Further reading :

    Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen,
    Nieuwe Pyraliden op Celebes gevonden door M. C. Piepers.,
    Tijdschrift voor Entomologie,
    Volume 23 (1880), p. 204, No. 6.

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    (written 7 March 2019, updated 15 January 2023)