Glyphodes margaritaria (Clerck, 1764)
 (one synonym : Morocosma polybapta Butler, 1882)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of the Bishop Museum, Hawaii)

The adult moth of this species has a striking white and brown pattern on the wings, with a purple sheen. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.


listed as Phalaena margaritaria,
drawn by Caroli Clerk, engraved by Carl Bergqvist, and printed by Lars Salvius
Icones Insectorum Rariorum, Sectio secunda (1764), Tab 51, Fig. 2,
Courtesy of Library of Congress>

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,

    and the north of Australia, including

  • Queensland. <


    underside, listed as Phalaena margaritaria,
    drawn by Caroli Clerk, engraved by Carl Bergqvist, and printed by Lars Salvius
    Icones Insectorum Rariorum, Sectio secunda (1764), Tab 51, Fig. 2,
    Courtesy of Library of Congress>

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 9.2, p. 356.

    Carl Alexander Clerck,
    Icones Insectorum Rariorum,
    Volume 2, 1764.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 39.

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    (updated 24 January 2011, 26 October 2026)