Pedois anthracias Lower, 1902
 DEPRESSARIINAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Pedois anthracias
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Cohuna, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has dark grey-brown forewings with vague streaks speckled with paler grey-brown. The hindwings are pale grey-brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    The moths of this species are similar to those of Pedois amaurophanes, but the forewing patterns are subtly different.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 26 (1902), p. 246.

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    (written 28 January 2017, updated 29 October 2020)