Glyphodes microta Meyrick, 1889
(previously known as: Margaronia microta)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Glyphodes microta
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan, Tewantin, Queensland)

This Caterpillar have been found feeding on several species in APOCYNACEAE including:

  • in a web on the flower heads of Gargaloo ( Parsonsia eucalyptophylla ), and
  • inside the leaves of Waxflower ( Hoya australis ).

    The moth is brown with a bold white pattern. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms, and may be found from east coast to west coast across the middle of Australia, including

  • Queensland and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    P.I. Forster,
    Hoya australis subsp. sanae (Bailey) K. Hill (ASCLEPIADACEAE) as a host plant for Margaronia microta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), The Australian Entomologist, Volume 17, Part 2 (June, 1990), pp. 43-44.

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    (updated 28 December 2009)