Piletocera albimixtalis Hampson, 1917
 SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Piletocera albimixtalis
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with a narrow yellowish costal streak, and some white patches. The hindwings are white with brown patches. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae,
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 8, Volume 20 (1917), p. 268, No. 13c.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 46.

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    (updated 19 March 2012, 5 September 2019)