(previously known as Oxyptilus peltastes)
PTEROPHORIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Nick Monaghan, Tewantin, Queensland)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Nick Monaghan, Tewantin, Queensland)
These moths are dark brown except for a scattering of white dots on the wings, and a pale yellow metathorax.
The species has been found in:
Further reading:
Edward Meyrick
Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1907, pp. 471-511.
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(updated 5 May 2011)