Dascia sagittifera Meyrick, 1893
 LYONETIINAE,   LYONETIIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Dascia sagittifera
(Photo: courtesy of James Duggan, Calverts Lagoon, Tasmania)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with variable irregular dark brown markings. The head has a white fuzzy topknot. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVI Tineidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 17 (1893), pp. 579-580.

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    (written 4 January 2019, updated 10 November 2025)