Pedois epinephela (Turner, 1947)
 (formerly known as Cryptolechia epinephela)
DEPRESSARIINAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has grey forewings each with a number of dark markings including two black spots near the middle, and a marginal arc of black dots. The hindwings are off-white, shading to brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

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

    Further reading :

    Alfred Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae, XIV,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 72 (1947), pp. 157-158, No. 2286.

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    (written 7 June 2025)