(formerly known as Epischnia neurophorella) CARPOSINIDAE, COPROMORPHOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Jim Duggan,
Sandford, Tasmania)
The adult moth of this species is off-white. The head and thorax and forewings each have dark stripes. The forewings each have elevated patches of scales. The hindwings are darken toward the wing-tips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. II. Crambites,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 4, Number 2 (1879), pp. 232-233.
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(written 2 June 2019, updated 31 July 2021)