Cnaphalocrocis hexagona explained

Cnaphalocrocis hexagona is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland^[1] and the Northern Territory.^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale brassy-yellow, with fuscous markings. There is a fine slightly outwardly curved line from one-fourth of the costa to one-fourth of the inner margin and a second from beneath the costa in the middle, curved outwards and slightly sinuate beneath, ending on the inner margin about the middle. The third runs from the costa at three-fourths to the inner margin at three-fourths. There is a faint fuscous subterminal shade and a fine line along the termen. The hindwings are similar to the forewings.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nuss . Matthias . Landry . Bernard . Vegliante . Francesca . Tränkner . Andreas . Mally . Richard . Hayden . James . Bauer . Franziska . Segerer . Andreas . Li . Houhun . Schouten . Rob . Solis . M. Alma . Maria Alma Solis . Trofimova . Tatiana . De Prins . Jurate . Speidel . Wolfgang . amp. 2003–2014 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 15 July 2014.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103141/http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Crambidae/Pyraustinae/Cnaphalocrocishexagona/cnaphalocrocis_hexagona_01.jpg.html CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online
3. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofro27roya/transactionsofro27roya_djvu.txt Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia