Amphithera heteroleuca (Turner, 1900) (formerly known as Zonops heteroleuca) ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Korora, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are a patchy dark brown with a golden sheen, each with a large white spot on the wingtip. The hindwings are grey. The antennae are longer than the forewings. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Micro-lepidoptera — mostly from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 24 (1900), pp. 17-18.

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(written 29 August 2022)