Curena externalis Walker, [1866] (one synonym : Oedematophora cacaalis T.P. Lucas, 1891) PYRALINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This moth has pale brown forewings with a dark brown margin. The forewings each have a curve in the costa near the apex. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 34, Supplement 4 (1866), pp. 1253-1254.

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