Pyralid Moths - Family Pyralidae and Crambidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Pyralid Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
Family PYRALIDAE was recently split into CRAMBIDAE and PYRALIDAE. In general, Moths in this two families rest with wings in triangular shape and put the first pair of long legs in front, the two antennae at top and pointed backwards. They are small to medium in size and have relatively long legs.
- Tree Lucerne Moth
- Uresiphita ornithopteralis, family PYRALIDAE, caterpillar length 35mm, moth wingspan 30mm
- The caterpillar is grass green in colour, with white dots on black patterns. It has spares hairs. Its head is reddish- brown. The moth has the bright yellow hind wings with black border, covered by the forewings. More information please click on here.
- Pyralid Moth
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- ? sp.
- Picture taken on Sep 2005.
- Pyralid Moth
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- ? sp.
- Picture taken on Aus 2007 in Karawatha Forest.
- Sod Webworm, Grass Caterpillar
- Herpetogramma licarsisalis, wingspan 15mm, family CRAMBIDAE
- This small moth is very common in Brisbane home backyards. The moth is pale brown in colour with brown spots in its wings. We can easily find them on plants every summer night. They are seen sometimes in winter. Their larvae are commonly known as Sod Webworm or Grass Caterpillar. They are grass-green to dark brown in colour .
- Pyralid Moth
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- Glyphodes microta, wingspan 15mm, family CRAMBIDAE
- The moth is brown with bold white patterns on wings.
- Beet Webworm
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- Spoladea recurvalis, wingspan 20mm, family CRAMBIDAE
- The moth is brown with two incomplete white stripes on forewings and the complete white stripes across hindwings.
- Yellow Pyralid Moth
- Conogethes haemactalis, body length 12mm, family CRAMBIDAE
- Picture taken on Sep 2005.
- Reference:
- 1. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, Plate 9.12.
- 2. Conogethes haemactalis - Australia Caterpillar, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2006
- ? Notarcha sp., wingspan 15mm
- We found quite a number of this small moth rested outside our windows during the early winter night.
