MICROPTERIGIDAE, MICROPTERIGOIDEA | (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
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)