Tetrernia teminitis Meyrick, 1890
 (erroneously known as Tetrernia terminitis)
ACENTROPINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adults have forewings which are orange with a grey subterminal band, and have a white-edged black mark near their centres. The hindwings are similar but also have a brown mark on the margin. The wingsopan is about 1.5 cms.

Tetrernia teminitis
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan, Cairns, Queensland)

The species is found in

  • Queensland.

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

    Further reading :

    Graham J. McDonald,
    Moths of Tropical North Queensland,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 75 (December 2014), pp. 7-12, Figure 11.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1888), pp. 1109-1110.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 27.

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    (updated 9 March 2012, 4 July 2024)