Anchylobela dyseimata (Turner, 1913)
 (one synonym: Anerastria acrophaea Turner, 1913)
PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

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

This moth has brown forewings, each with two partial dark streaks, and black bands across the middle and along the margin. The scales composing the black markings are easily lost, leaving only the vague brown markings. The hindwings are off-white shading darker at the margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species is found in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 24 (1913), pp. 112-113.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 24 (1913), p. 117.

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    (written 10 January 2022)