Eurybela trophoessa (Turner, 1908) (previously known as Metasia trophoessa) SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Bruthen, Victoria)

The adult moth has dark brown forewings with vague yellow markings, and yellow hindwings each with a broad brown margin. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

Victoria.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), p. 99.

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(written 22 January 2017, 6 January 2024)