| (one synonym is Musotima stictochroa Turner, 1915.) MUSOTIMINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Anna123,
Hall, Australian Capital Territory)
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| (one synonym is Musotima stictochroa Turner, 1915.) MUSOTIMINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Anna123,
Hall, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species are dark brown with a number of white markings, including a prominent kidney-shaped white spot near the middle of each wing. The forewing margins are recurved, and the hindwing margins are scalloped. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
George F. Hampson,
On the classification of two sub-families of moths of the family Pyralidae:
the Hydrocampinae and Scopariinae,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
Volume 2 (1897) p. 160, No. 12.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 27 (1915), pp. 37-38.
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(written 25 December 2018, updated 25 April 2026)