Astrapometis saburalis (Walker, 1859) (formerly known as Pyralis saburalis) EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Helen Wakefield, Bindoon, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have blotchy grey forewings, each with a ragged triangular black mark, outlined in white, on the costa

(Photo: courtesy of Helen Wakefield, Bindoon, Western Australia)

The hindwings are yellow, darkening toward the margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 19 (1859), p. 914.

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(written 16 September 2022)