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

Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)

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ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

ID suggestion made on the basis that the 'forewing is entirely void of a discal spot or a transverse line' ie. distinguishing it from O. albidalis,

Ocrasa acerasta

PJH123 wrote:

11 May 2025

Wendy, correct, Nacoleia mesochlora (Meyrick, 1884)

Nacoleia mesochlora

WendyEM wrote:

10 May 2025

I don't think this is Nacoleia amphicedalis. The white bands on the abdomen are different as are the markings in the white patch on the forewing. Nacoleia amphicedalis does not have the pale basal line and has larger white patches at the wing apex.

Nacoleia mesochlora

Mike wrote:

8 May 2025

Brachychiton populneus subs. populneus.

Dichocrocis clytusalis

donhe wrote:

8 May 2025

@Mike : Probably. What is the tree ?

Dichocrocis clytusalis