(previously known as Nephopteryx monospila) PHYCITINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have forewings that are a patchy greyish-brown, each with a white area in the middle transected by a dark chevron pointing to the head. The hindwings are white, shading to brown at the margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in :
Further reading
Oswald B. Lower,
New Species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 26 (1902), pp. 662-663.
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(written 30 August 2012, updated 7 February 2020, 7 January 2021)