ENDOTRICHINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Todd Burrows,
Gold Coast, Queensland)
The forewings of the adult of this species are brown, sometimes with a dark spot near the middle, and sometimes with two dark-edged pale transverse lines dividing the wing into 3 areas with different shades. The hindwings are brown with vague transverse lines. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The forewings of the males have an unusual shape, appearing cut-off at the wing-tips. The females have forewings with a slightly pointed wingtip.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 6, Part 2 (1891), p. 306.
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(written 21 January 2017, updated 19 April 2023)