(formerly known as Platyptilia euctimena) PTEROPHORINAE, PTEROPHORIDAE, PTEROPHORIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The moths of this species are pale brown with a dark-edged pale submarginal line of each forewing. The wingspan is about 2.5 cm.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 24 (1913), p. 160.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 23 January 2019)