Glyphipterix harpogramma (Turner, 1913) (formerly known as Glyphipteryx harpogramma) GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo : courtesy of Rebecca Stroud, Bli Bli, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have dark metallic brown forewings, each with white markings including a largeish white patch near the midddle of the hind margin. Each forewing is finely ridged. The hindwings are brown, shading paler toward the hind-margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 38 (1913), p. 214.

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(written 20 November 2023)