Emmalocera callirrhoda (Turner, 1904)
 (erroneously : Poujadia callirhoda)
PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

This adult moth has rusty red forewings and white hindwings. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.


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

The species occurs in

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Fragmenta Lepidopterologica,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 18 (1904), pp. 120-121.

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    (written 23 August 2012, updated 14 April 2016, 14 May 2021)