Mourning Pyralid (previously known as Acrobasis funerea) EPIPASCHIINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
The moth has speckled dark grey forewings, each with dark veins, and a dark line along the hind-margin. The hindwings are white, shading to grey-brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species may have been found in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Crambites & Tortricites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 27 (1863), p. 31, No. 20.
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(written 5 April 2013, updated 3 July 2015, 16 August 2019, 10 January 2021)