Ardiosteres lacerata Meyrick, 1917 PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

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

The forewings of the adult male moth of this species are dark brown, each crossed by several ragged off-white bands. The hindwings are dark brown. The head is yellow. There is a dorsal crest of black scales on the thorax. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2 (1917), p. 91.

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(written 5 January 2023)