Analyta apicalis (Hampson, 1896)
(formerly known as Leucinodes apicalis)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Analyta apicalis
(Photo: courtesy of Larney Grenfell, Witta, Queensland)

The adult moth has white wings, with pale brown markings, and dark brown patches at the apex and base of each forewing.

Analyta apicalis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found across south-east Asia, including

  • Borneo,
  • Hong Kong,
  • India,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    George Francis Hampson,
    Moths, Pyralidae,
    The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma,
    Volume 4 (1896), p. 371.


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    (updated 17 March 2012, 2 May 2025)