Balanomis encyclia Meyrick, 1887 CRYPTOBLABINI,   PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The moth has forewings that each have a pattern including concentric rings of grey and brown. The hindwings are white with brown veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Australian Capital Territory.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1887, p. 265.

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(updated 7 June 2011, 12 November 2019, 27 April 2021)