Ceromitia leptosticta (Turner, 1900)
 ADELIDAE,   ADELOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ceromitia leptosticta
(Photo: courtesy of Cath Busby, Mount Painter, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths have speckled grey forewings. The hindwings are plain pale grey. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.5 cms. Their antennae are nearly twice as long as the wings.

Ceromitia leptosticta
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

    Ceromitia leptosticta
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Cath Busby, Mount Painter, Australian Capital Territory)

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Micro-Lepidoptera - mostly from Queensland,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 24, Part 6 (1900), pp. 16-17.

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    (written 19 April 2018, updated 13 February 2024)