Pycnarmon jaguaralis (Guenée, 1854)
 (previously known as Spilomena jaguaralis)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Pycnarmon jaguaralis
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moth of this species is white with streaky black spots. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

This species has been found across south-east Asia, including

  • India,
  • Papua New Guinea,
  • Philippines,
  • Singapore,
  • Thailand,

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Achille Guenée,
    Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), p. 283, No. 280.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 47.

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    (updated 7 July 2011, 6 November 2025)