Morosaphycita poliochyta (Turner, 1924)
 (formerly known as Epicrocis poliochyta)
PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Morosaphycita poliochyta
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Riverglades, South Australia)

This adult moth has grey forewings, each with three curved orange patches on the hind-margin, and an orange streak along the costa. The hindwings are white with dark wavy margins. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

The species occurs in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further Reading:

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913,
    Arkiv för Zoologi,
    Volume 16, Part 3 (1924), pp. 1-7.

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    (written 11 March 2022)