Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha T.B. Fletcher, 1947 PTEROPHORINAE,   PTEROPHORIDAE,   PTEROPHORIOIDEA

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 moth is brown with several several white bands across the forelobe of each forewing. The head is brown, and the thorax white. The abdomen has alternating brown and white bands. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species occurs in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Thomas B. Fletcher,
Some species of Cosmoclostis (Lep.: Alucitidae),
Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London,
Volume B 16 (1947), p. 49.

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(written 23 January 2019, updated 25 March 2019)