Stericta dochmoscia (Turner, 1905) (previously known as Macalla dochmoscia) EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Kai Squires, Daintree, Queensland)

This moth has a complex grey or brown pattern on the forewings and pale brown hindwings which darken toward the margins. The moth has a wing span of about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
A preliminary revision of the Australian Thyrididae and Pyralidae II,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 19 (1905), p. 61.

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(updated 8 February 2012, 6 May 2026)