Assara semifictile (Turner, 1913) (previously known as Hyphantidium semifictile) PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

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

The moth has brown forewings each with two transverse ragged black stripes. The hindwings are plain brown, darkening at the edges. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae.,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 24 (1913), p. 125.

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(written 30 August 2012, update 2 January 2021)