Hyaloptila melanosoma Turner, 1947 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 male adult moth of this species has transparent wings with black veins, and a black hairy body. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of the Australian Psychidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 57 (1947), p. 58.

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(written 27 January 2019)