Deuterocopus honoratus Meyrick, 1921 DEUTEROCOPINAE,   PTEROPHORIDAE,   PTEROPHORIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of the Natural History Museum and Donald Hobern, Brisbane, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has black forewings. The hindwings are orange-brown shading to black at the margins. The abdomen is black. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.1 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2 (1921), p. 418.

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(written 6 April 2024)