Notiophanes fuscata Davis & Edwards 2003
ARRHENOPHANIDAE ,   TINEOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Notiophanes fuscata
black & white photo, digitally tinted
Photo: courtesy of Donald R. Davis, Department of Systematc Biology,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
A Monograph of the Family Arrhenophanidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Number 620 (2003), p. 58, fig. 93.

The Caterpillars of this species are thought to feed on various varieties of

  • Fungus

    The adult moths have blotchy brown forewings, each with a vague dark streak interrupted by an orange spot. The hindwings are pale brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 6 cms.

    The species has been found in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Donald R. Davis,
    A Monograph of the Family Arrhenophanidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)
    Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,
    Number 620 (2003), p. 22, figs. 12, 32, 93, 237, 238.


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    (written 17 July 2021)