Napecoetes scoteina (Turner, 1900) (formerly known as Ardiosteres scoteina) 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 adult male and female moths of this species have brown forewings, each with several pale spots. The hindwings are a paler brown. The head and thorax are dark brown. The wingspan is about 2.2 cms.

The species has been found in:

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Micro-lepidoptera — mostly from Queensland,
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 24 (1900), pp. 18-19.

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(written 13 December 2022)