Orthenches pleurosticta Turner, 1923 PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with three large dark spots, and lots of small brown spots along the costa and hind-margin. The hindwings are pale brown, shading darker at the wingtips. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Microlepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 47 (1923), p. 173.

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(written 22 April 2019)