Glyphipterix phosphora Meyrick, 1907
 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 white bands and a complicated pattern in the marginal half. The hindwings are plain brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.


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

The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australasianian Micro-Lepidoptera: Part xix: Plutellidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 32 (1907), pp. 126-127, No. 252.

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    (updated 5 May 2011, 19 January 2023)