(previously : Hyphantidium apodectum) PHYCITINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Merimbula, New South Wales)
The moth has speckled dark brown forewings each with a grey streak along costa and two pale transverse lines. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
A preliminary revision of the Australian Thyrididae and Pyralidae: Part I,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 18 (1904), p. 129.
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(written 5 April 2013, updated 9 December 2020)