Paramorpha tenuistria Turner, 1947 CARPOSINIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with a scattering of grey-brown dots. The hindwings are white. The body is orange, but covered in white hair. It has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

The species occurs in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 57, (1947), pp. 67-68.

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(written 28 December 2018)