Palpita horakae Inoue, 1997 SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species are satin-white with brown spots and a wavy submarginal line on each wing. There is a black spot on each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

It occurs in :

Queensland.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Hiroshi Inoue,
Revision of the genus Palpita Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions, Part 2: Group B,
Tinea, Tokyo,
Volume 15, Part 2 (1997) p. 133, fig. 172.

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