(previously known as Pagyda callipona) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moth has translucent white wings, each with sinuous darker yellow bands outlined in rusty brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in:
Further reading :
Graham J. McDonald,
Moths of Tropical North Queensland,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club.
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 75 (December 2014), pp. 7-12, Figure 12.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), pp. 93-94.
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(written 17 March 2012, updated 15 July 2024)