Stathmopoda hyposcia Meyrick, 1897 STATHMOPODINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian Baird, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths have pale brown forewings each with dark markings including a prominent dark spot at the middle of the hind margin and a dark line along the costa. The hindwings are plain off-white. Each wing has an extensive hairy fringe to the hind margin. The wingspan is about 1.2 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of Ian Baird, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), pp. 320-321, No. 41.

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(written 9 April 2022)