Stericta chloanthes (Turner, 1913)
 (previously known as Orthaga chloanthes)
EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Stericta chloanthes
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This moth has forewings that are green and white with brown wingtips. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species is found in :

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 187.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 24 (1913), p. 139.

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    (updated 10 November 2011, 20 May 2020)