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

Iphierga macarista
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Dryandra, Western Australia)

The adult male moth of this species has white forewings, each having a dark brown base, two incomplete dark brown bars, and an arc of dark brown commas around the margin. The hindwings are plain white. The head is covered in long orange scales. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • South Australia,
  • Western Australia, and
  • Northern Territory.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Lepidopterological gleanings,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 29 (1917), pp. 103-104.


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    (written 18 January 2019, updated 21 February 2021)