Glyphodes flavizonalis Hampson, 1898
 SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Glyphodes flavizonalis
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has translucent brown wings, with a pattern of dark brown lines on each forewing. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in Australasia, including

  • Papua,

    as well as in Australia, in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 9.25, p. 356.

    George F. Hampson,
    A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae,
    Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
    1898 (Part 1), p. 746, No. 131.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 38.

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    (updated 24 January 2011, 6 November 2025)