(formerly known as Paraphyllis pamphaea) PLUTELLIDAE, YPONOMEUTOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth has dark brown forewings, each with a pale streak near the base and another on the margin. The hindwings are brown. The head and part of the thorax are white. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.8 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in:
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Microlepidoptera,
Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 47 (1923), pp. 173-174.
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(written 9 August 2022)