| (one synonym: Botys convectalis Walker, 1866) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (one synonym: Botys convectalis Walker, 1866) SPILOMELINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with dark margins, and with five dark transverse lines on each forewing, and three across each hindwing. The wingspan of the moths is about 1.2 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 18 (1859), pp. 667-668, No. 212.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 21 November 2022)