Sarisophora leptoglypta Meyrick, 1904 LECITHOCERIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Sheldon, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings, each with yellow veins, and a vague dark spot near the middle. The hindwings are pale yellow shading to brown at the wingtips. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

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

The species is found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVIII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), p. 404, No. 226.

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(updated 9 September 2008, 29 October 2023)