Vinicia gypsopa (Meyrick, 1883)
 (one synonym is Pempelia digrammella Meyrick, 1879)
PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Vinicia gypsopa
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Churchill, Victoria)

These adult moths have brown forewings each with vague dark markings. The hindwings are uniformly pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Vinicia gypsopa
(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Freshwater Creek, Victoria)

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    On some Australian Phycidae,
    Entomologist's Monthly Magazine,
    Volume 9 (1883) pp. 255-256.

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    (written 3 February 2017, updated 3 October 2020)