Phyllocnistis iodocella Meyrick, 1880 PHYLLOCNISTINAE,   GRACILLARIIDAE,   GRACILLARIOIDEA

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

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

This moth has white wings, with brown markings on each forewing, and a big fringe at the back of each hindwing. The moth has a wingspan of about 0.5 cms.

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera: III: Tineina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 5, Part 2 (1880), p. 174.

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(updated 7 October 2001)