Macrobathra melanomitra Meyrick, 1886
 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Macrobathra melanomitra
(Photo: courtesy of John Bromilow, Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths have black forewings each with two white bands, one at the base and one anterior to the middle, and two nearly triangular spots on the costa and one or two on the hind margin. The eadge of the costa has some yellow hairs. The hindwings are dark brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 10, Part 4 (1886), pp. 807-808, No. 485.

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    (written 1 January 2023)