Tasmantrix tasmaniensis Gibbs, 2010 MICROPTERIGIDAE,   MICROPTERIGOIDEA

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

(Photo : courtesy of George Gibbs, Tasmania)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are black with a coppery iridescence, each with several white patches. The hindwings are plain black. The head is white and hairy. The legs are black and white. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The species has been found in

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

George W. Gibbs,
Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand,
Zootaxa,
Volume 2520 (2010), pp. 6, 17-22, 30-32.

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(written 17 February 2016)