Dichocrocis erixantha (Meyrick, 1886)
 (previously known as Notarcha erixantha)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Dichocrocis erixantha
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth is bright yellow, with black zig-zag lines across the wings, and a black dot and dash near the middle of each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Vanuatu,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1886, pp. 258-259, No. 110.

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    (updated 26 August 2011, 6 April 2016)