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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donhe wrote:

Yesterday

@PJH123 : was this on a white sheet? If so, could you correct the colour balance and saturation to show this ?

Omiodes diemenalis

donhe wrote:

Yesterday

Great, thanks.

Cirrhochrista sp. AAI4047 (BOLD)

PJH123 wrote:

24 Jun 2025

@donhe : Don, aetherialis has a white abdomen. While in brizoalis the triangular fascia near the apex on the forewing joins the triangular fascia near the apex on the termen often only by a series of faint dots or dashes.
There is a lot about aetherialis and brizoalis I cannot fathom. In the literature aetherialis is often shown as a synonym of brizoalis. In fact, the GloBiz website has it as such. The AFD only has aetherialis even though the type location for brizoalis is given as Hong Kong and “Moreton” Bay

Cirrhochrista sp. AAI4047 (BOLD)

WendyEM wrote:

24 Jun 2025

Cirrhochrista aetherialis lacks the russet markings on the abdomen, wing markings are paler and smaller.
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77184
Cirrhochrista brizoalis has fine peppering to larger patterns of dots over the wings. The shape of the coloured markings on the thorax is different It has a line running from each eye, joining 1/2-way down thorax, white on head and between these lines. (Cirrhochrista sp. AAI4047 - white head and coloured line down centre of thorax.
https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=313965

Cirrhochrista sp. AAI4047 (BOLD)

donhe wrote:

24 Jun 2025

@PJH123 : how is this different from say C. aetherialis or C. brizoalis?

Cirrhochrista sp. AAI4047 (BOLD)