Lepidoscia punctiferella (Walker, 1863) (previously known as Sentica punctiferella) PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Victor Fazio, Tinonee, New South Wales)

The adult male moth is brown with two off-white bands across each forewing. The hindwings are yellow, shading to brown at the margins. The the head is off-white, thorax is dark brown, and the abdomen brown. The male moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

The species is found over

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 28 (1863), p. 508, No. 2.

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(written 31 January 2019, updated 16 January 2021, 7 January 2022)