Acrocercops irrorata (Turner, 1894)
 (formerly known as Gracilaria irrorata)
GRACILLARIINAE,   GRACILLARIIDAE,   GRACILLARIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings with four variable irregular or broken brown-speckled white bars across each one. The hindwings are pale brown and very narrow, with an extensive plume of hairs along the hind margin. The wingspan is about 7 mms.


(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, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Descriptions of Micro-lepidoptera from Moreton Bay,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 18 (1894), p. 124.

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    (written 8 February 2021)