Idioglossa metallochrysa Turner, 1917 STATHMOPODIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have golden yellow forewings, each with two or three white transverse bands with black marks. The hindwings are yellow, each with four shiny bands. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The species has been found in

> Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidoptera gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), p. 84.

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(written 18 July 2023)