Amphiderita pyrospila Turner, 1925 PYRALINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Sarah Cobbaus, Tomewin, New South Wales)

This moth is brown with areas at the wing-tip, tornus, and base outlined in white on each wing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Millaa Millaa, Queensland)

The species is found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 49 (1925), pp. 44-45.

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(written 5 June 2013, updated 4 June 2018, 26 January 2022)