male, lithograph by Felder & Rogenhofer, listed as Crambus aurosus,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), Plate CXXXVII, fig. 31,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The adult moth has white forewings, each with a number of forked brown lines radiating from the base. The hindwings are pale brown with hairy fringes. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species is found in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 32.12, pp. 52, 80, 351.

Rudolf Felder & Alois F. Rogenhofer,
Zoologischer Theil: Lepidoptera,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), p. 7, and also Plate 137, fig. 31.

Francis Walker,
Crambites & Tortricites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 27 (1863), pp. 173-174, No. 125.

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(updated 7 April 2013, 21 May 2021)