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Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

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For an introduction to Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae), see:

Family Pyralidae

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/pyra-moths.html

Family Crambidae

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/crambidae/crambidae.html

 

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Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

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WendyEM wrote:
1 hr ago
Arippara disticha
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=279388
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?taxon_id=460891
Arippara disticha (a Pyralid moth (Pyralinae))
WendyEM wrote:
2 hrs ago
Thanks Peter. Looking at the distribution of your FNQ moths has had me thinking about the Wallace Line (& other versions). Also, I had never seen a Palpita sp until 2014 when I was seeing P. unionalis regularly around my home in inner n Melb. I think they were turning up more broadly in Melb. too. I have not seen them since. It is interesting to look at P. unionalis distribution on iNat & BOLD.
Palpita austrannulata (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))
PJH123 wrote:
9 hrs ago
@donhe @WendyEM It seems rather complicated, Palpita annulate no longer exists as a species.
It appears it was misidentified over the years and several versions have been placed under, inusitata, celsalis and munroei. However the original Phalaena annulata Fabricius, 1794 is under celsalis as the name was occupied by Phalaena annulate Schulze, 1775, a Geometrid. Palpita celsalis is from Sri Lanka and S. India
Palpita austrannulata (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))
donhe wrote:
Yesterday
@WendyEM & @PJH123 : Do you know if the populations of P.annulata and P. austrannulata overlap in Queensland?
Palpita austrannulata (A Crambid moth (Spilomelinae))
ibaird wrote:
4 May 2025
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/554984-Patania-sabinusalis
Pleuroptya sabinusalis

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