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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WendyEM wrote:

2 Feb 2025

wing and head shape is close to Meyrickiella homosema

Phycitinae (subfamily)

DianneClarke wrote:

2 Feb 2025

That is what the AI in iNat also suggestes.

Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies

WendyEM wrote:

2 Feb 2025

OK, I have now found this in Caterpillars, Moths and their plants of southeastern Australia by Peter McQuillan, Jan Forrest, David Keane & Roger Grund. 2019 Publ. Butterfly Conservation South Australia p. 79 They raised Salma pyrastis from a caterpillar looking the same as this. Food plants were recorded as 2 Eucalyptus sp

Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies

donhe wrote:

1 Feb 2025

I think that probably the caterpillars of a lot of Epipaschiinae look like this. So few have been reared. Hope you can rear it to confirm it.

Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies

DianneClarke wrote:

1 Feb 2025

Thanks Wendy - that looks like it and there are a lot of the moths around at the moment.

Epipaschiinae immature unidentifiedspecies