Enchesphora brachypalpia (Hampson, 1916)
Tufted Pyralid
 (formerly known as: Poliopaschia brachypalpia)
EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Nullarbor, South Australia)

This moth has fawn forewings, each with complex dark zigzag markings. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    George F. Hampson,
    Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the sub-families Epipaschianae Chrysauginae, Endotrichinae and Pyralinae,
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 8, Volume 18 (1916), p. 156.

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    (written 9 November 2023)