Carposina mediella (Walker, 1866) (formerly known as Enopa mediella) CARPOSINIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is speckled brown. The forewings each have several narrow bands of elevated patches of very dark scales. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the wing-tips. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 35, Supplement 5 (1865), pp. 1738-1739.

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(written 25 January 2023)