Amphithera heteromorpha Meyrick, 1893 ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Insectid, Porepunkah, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species are speckled brown, with two vague dark lines along each forewing. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the wingtips. The antennae are longer than the forewings. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7, Number 4 (1892), pp. 597-598, No. 179.

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(written 25 December 2018, updated 6 February 2026)