Cryptoblabes plagioleuca Turner, 1904 (one synonym : Eurhodope ardescens Meyrick, 1929) PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moths have brown forewings, each with red veins, and a vague white submarginal band, and a clearer white band across the middle. The hindwings are translucent with dark brown veins. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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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. 150.

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(written 15 October 2001, updated 1 September 2012, 21 May 2020)