| (previously known as Sylepta polydonta) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Sylepta polydonta) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have pale yellow wings with some dark wiggly lines that blend into a dark patch by the base of each forewing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in
and in Australia in
Further reading :
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. 721, No. 74.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 49.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 3 January 2012)