Lepidotarsa habrodelta (Lower, 1897)
 (previously known as : Compsotropha habrodelta)
OECOPHORINAE ,   OECOPHORIDAE

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

Lepidotarsa habrodelta
(Photo: courtesy of Brian Cartwright, Adelaide Hills)

This moth has white forewings each with a black stripe across the base, a dark brown margin, and a dark brown chevron which often has an orange interior, on the inner margin.

The species has been found in :

  • South Australia
  • Victoria, and
  • New South Wales.

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    (updated 12 March 2011)