Doddiana callizona (Lower, 1896)
 (previously: Stericta callizona)
EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

oddiana callizona
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

This moth has brown and green wings with a large darker area at the tip and a pale streak at the base of each forewing. The green colour fades in dead specimens. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • New Guinea,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 20 (1896), p. 155.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 186.

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    (created 2 July 2011, updated 1 February 2012, 16 August 2019)