Notarcha polytimeta

Notarcha polytimeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Notarcha
Species: N. polytimeta
Binomial name
Notarcha polytimeta
(Turner, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta polytimeta Turner, 1915

Notarcha polytimeta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1915.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Adults are yellow with a white pattern and four black dots along the costa of the forewings.

The larvae feed on Brachychiton bidwillii.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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