Tritymba dianipha (Turner, 1926)
 (formerly known as Paraphyllis dianipha)
PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Tritymba dianipha
(Photo: courtesy of Lisa, Hughes, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth has off-white forewings, each with two diffuse brown stripes. The hindwings are off-white with copious brown hairs. The head and prothorax are white, but the rest of the thorax, and abdomen, are brown. The antennae are nearly as long as the forewings. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

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

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 50 (1926), pp. 148-149.

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    (written 25 June 2022, updated 3 June 2024)