Sufetula alychnopa (Turner, 1908) (previously known as Nannomorpha alychnopa) SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with some dark-edged pale zigzag lines on each wing. The forewings also often each have a central dark spot. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), pp. 80-81.

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(written 2 February 2013)