| CARPOSINIDAE, COPROMORPHOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| CARPOSINIDAE, COPROMORPHOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth has dark brown forewings, each with an obscure pattern. The hindwings of the males are yellow, with brown wingtips. The hindwings of the females are off-white, with brown wingtips. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 7 (1882), pp. 182-183, No. 2.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 4 June 2019)