Antiopala ebenospila

Antiopala ebenospila Turner, 1917
(one synonym is Ischnophanes potheta Turner, 1936)
BAREA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@outlook.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Antiopala ebenospila
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The moths of this species are white, with a variety of scattered brown markings on each forewing, including two vague triangles on the costa. The hindwings are off-white, shading to pale brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

The species is found in Australia, including:

Queensland, and

New South Wales.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia III: The Barea Group and Unplaced Genera (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 8,
CSIRO Publishing, 2000, pp. 204-207, 210.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 41 (1917), p. 79.