Deuterocopus atrapex Fletcher, 1910 (one synonym : Deuterocopus tengstroeami Meyrick 1907) DEUTEROCOPINAE,   PTEROPHORIDAE,   PTEROPHORIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of the Natural History Museum and Donald Hobern, Darwin, Northern Territory)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are brown with a black marginal half, and with variable pale transverse stripes. The hindwings are brown shading to black at the margins. The abdomen is brown, sometimes with a dorsal pair of white dots. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.3 cms.

drawing by Thomas B. Fletcher, On the genus Deuterocopus,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Plate XLIV, fig. 5,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species has been found across Asia, including:

Northern Territory.

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Further reading :

Thomas B. Fletcher,
On the genus Deuterocopus,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1910, p. 118, and also Plate 44, fig. 5.

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(written 6 April 2024)