Pleuroptya symphonodes (Turner, 1913)
(previously known as Sylepta symphonodes)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have wings that are a translucent brown, with some wiggly brown lines. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species occurs in Australia in:

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 24 (1913), p. 147.


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    (updated 7 July 2011)