Heliocosma melanotypa Turner, 1925
 HELIOCOSMA Group,   TORTRICOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Heliocosma melanotypa
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have silvery white forewings with variable grey-edged black patches, The forewings have areas of raised scales. The hindwings are pale brown. The long labial palps are white and hairy, and held straight out in front of the head. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Heliocosma melanotypa
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

The species occurs Australia, having been found in :

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

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

    Further reading

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 49 (1925), pp. 37-60.

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    (written 1 December 2016)