Glyphipterix cyanochalca (Meyrick, 1882) (one synonym is Glyphipteryx lyelliana Lower, 1893) GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are golden brown, each with irregular silver markings, and a short black bar crossed by a silver stripe, at the tornus The hindwings are plain dark brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.3 cms.

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

The species has been found in

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VII. Revisional,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 7, Part 2 (1882), pp. 185-186.

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(written 22 April 2020, updated 19 April 2021)