Glyphipterix meteora Meyrick, 1880 GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo : courtesy of Nick Monaghan, Victoria)

The moths have black forewings, each with a gold base, and two white bands, and other short white markings. The hindwings are plain grey or brown. The wingspan is about 0.8 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. IV. Tineina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 5, Part 2 (1880), p. 237-238.

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(written 5 May 2016, updated 19 January 2023)