Psychanisa baliodes (Meyrick, 1893)
 (formerly known as Ctenocompa baliodes)
PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Psychanisa baliodes
(Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Tallowwood Ridge, New South Wales)

The male adult moth of this species has black forewings each with white spots along the costa and around the margin, and with two broken white transverse bands. The hindwings are black. The colour fades to brown in old specimens The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Psychanisa baliodes
(Photo: courtesy of Steve Borkowskis, Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory)

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.

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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 7, Part 4 (1892), pp. 489-490, No. 7.

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    (written 7 March 2019, updated 9 February 2024)