Charmoses dumigani Turner, 1932 COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have greyish-brown forewings each with two vague wide white bands, one containing a large irregular round dark spot. The hindwings are plain brown. There is a brown hairy crest behind the head. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The species has been found in:

New South Wales.

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

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 56 (1932), p. 194.

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(updated 23 July 2010, 24 May 2021)