Glyphipterix argyrosema Meyrick, 1880 GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo : courtesy of Nick Monaghan)

The adult moths of this species are dark brown with iridescent silver spots and lines across the wings. The moths have a wingspan of about 0.6 cms.

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

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 5, (1880), pp. 247-248.

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(updated 16 January 2008, 19 January 2023)