Glyphipterix drosophaes (Meyrick, 1880) (formerly known as Phryganostola drosophaes) GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo : courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings, each with various markings, including a gold patch on the hind-margin near the base, and six or more narrow bands of iridescent silver spots. The hindwings are plain grey. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.2 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. 249-250.

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(written 19 January 2023, updated 20 January 2023)