Metallarcha achoeusalis Meyrick, 1884 SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Genoa Falls, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species is yellow or orange, with various black or dark brown markings, usually including two black or dark brown stripes across, and one around the margin, of each forewing, and one around the margin of each hindwing. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1884, p. 334.

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(updated 26 January 2017, 2 October 2020)