Scoparia ithyntis Turner, 1922 SCOPARIINI,   SCOPARIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Powers, near Balliang, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species are white with a pattern of brown marks on each forewing, showing a pale mark-free line from the wingtip to the hind margin. 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 caught in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35 (1922), p. 52.

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(written 28 December 2016, updated 2 September 2019)