Iphierga chrysopa Turner, 1917
TALEPORIINAE,   PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Iphierga chrysopa
(Photo: courtesy of Daniel Heald, Wongan Hills, Western Australia)

The adult male moth of this species has black forewings, each crossed by four off-white bars, the outer two broken. The hindwings are black with a central orange blotch. The head is covered in long orange scales. The abdomen is yellow with some black marks. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Lepidopterological gleanings,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 29 (1917), p. 102.


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    (written 18 January 2019, updated 21 February 2021)