Petalanthes sphaerophora Meyrick, 1883 EULECHRIA GROUP OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales)

The forewings of the adult moths of this species are black or dark brown with pale markings including a prominent irregular white spot near the middle. Each hindwings is dark brown with two pale patches. The abdomen is dark brown with two pale bands. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VIII Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 8, Number 3 (1883), pp. 335-336, No. 123.

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(written 5 September 2021)