CARPOSINIDAE, COPROMORPHOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
James Duggan,
Sandford, Tasmania)
The adult moth has grey forewings, each with dark veins, and several scattered dark spots. The hindwings are off-white, and have a sinuous margin. The head and thorax are grey with dark stripes. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2 (1920), pp. 338-339.
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(written 4 June 2019, updated 24 September 2022)