Glyphipterix chrysoplanetis Meyrick, 1880 GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo : courtesy of Nick Monaghan)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are black, each with two large pale yellow elongated spots, and a number of white partial stripes on the costa near the wingtip. The hindwings are plain brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 0.6 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

The species is found in

South Australia.

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

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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. 238-239.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, pp. 62, 166.

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(updated 5 May 2011, 22 October 2025)