Cirrhochrista brizoalis (Walker, 1859) (previously known as Margaronia brizoalis) SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queenslan costad)

The adult of this species is satin-white with a peppering of brown dots, and with brown edges to the wings, and with three brown triangular marks along the costa of each forewing. A broken brown line joins the postmedial costal mark to a smaller mark on the margin. The thorax is white with a brown line along each side. The abdomen is white with an irregular dorsal brown line. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Chen Fuqiang and Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 19 (1859), pp. 976-977, ref 532.

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(written 26 January 2013, 5 September 2025)