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Family Crambidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Yellow-Brown Pyralid Moths that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 12mm
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- This is a very colourful moth. There are the yellow and brown patterns on
wings. Body is banded with white and yellow and has a brown tip. We found it
once in Karawatha forest Apr 2009. It was resting under gum tree leaf. When
disturbed, it flied and rested under leaf about 10 meter away.
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- Larvae feed on Blue Tongue Melastoma sp..
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- Reference:
- 1. Agrotera basinotata Hampson, 1891
- Australia Caterpillar, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley,
2007.
- 2. Melastoma affine (MELASTOMATACEA) Blue Tongue, Native Lasiandra - Save Our Waterways Now, 2011.
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