Cryptoblabes hemigypsa is a species of snout moth

Pyralidae

The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

 in the genus Cryptoblabes

Cryptoblabes

Cryptoblabes is a genus of small moths belonging to the snout moth family . They are the type genus of the Cryptoblabini tribe of the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae...

. It was described by Turner in 1913, and is known from Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Adults are grey with three wavy dark stripes near the tip of forewing which join to form "V" shaped marks.

The larvae feed on Macadamia integrifolia

Macadamia integrifolia

Macadamia integrifolia is a tree in the Proteaceae family, native to Queensland in Australia. Common names include Macadamia Nut, Bauple Nut, Queensland Nut or Nut Oak....

and Grevillea

Grevillea

Grevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to trees...

species. They initially feed inside the flower buds. Later, they feed on the outside of the buds and flowers. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon amongst leaf litter.