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Nacoleia megaspilalis (family Crambidae). Atlas of Living Australia, have them sighted in Central Australia, Western Australia and a single sighting in the eastern coastal region of Queensland (near the New South Wales border).
With a wingspan about 20 mm, the adult moths are brown, with white spots/patches and partly outlined in dark brown to black on the forewings, and white bands across the hindwings.
This moth is Nacoleia megaspilalis (not Sameodes cancellalis, as previously described here)
Reference: iNatuaralist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155440428
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Pyraloidea
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Nacoleia
- Species: Nacoleia megaspilalis
Footnote & References
- Nacoleia megaspilalis Hampson, 1912, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Nacoleia megaspilalis
- BandedLawson’s Night Moth (Eudesmeola lawsoni), iNaturalistAU, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314545293
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