Skeletophyllon tempestua (T.P. Lucas, 1898) (formerly known as Eudoxyla tempestua) ZEUZERINAE,   COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Tallowwood Ridge, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have translucent wings, each with a variable network of irregular dark lines, including some particularly dark lines near the base.

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

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Axel Hausmann, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)

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Further reading :

Thomas P. Lucas,
Descriptions of Queensland Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 13 (1898), p. 64.

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(written 5 December 2021, updated 7 September 2022)