(previously known as Metasia serrulata) PYRAUSTINI, PYRAUSTINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with vague markings including a dark spot near the middle, and dark marks along the costa. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening at the wing-tips. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 56 (1932), p. 192.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 12 April 2019)