Helcystogramma iridosoma (Meyrick, 1918) (also known as Onebala iridosoma) DICHOMERIDINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings each with some white diagonal lines and some variable pale brown areas, and a broad pale brown marginal band containing dark brown lines. The hindwings are brown with dark veins and a white crescent around each wingtip. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

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

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2, Part 5 (1918), pp. 144-145.

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(written 23 September 2018, updated 5 September 2024)