Erechthias epispora (Lower, 1905)
 (formerly known as Comodica epispora)
ERECHTHIINAE,   TINEIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Hervey Range, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a number of large off-white spots. The hindwings are fawn. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.


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

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Gaden S. Robinson & Ebbe S. Nielsen,
    Tineid Genera of Australia,
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993.

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Lepidoptera No. XXII,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 29 (1905), p. 114.

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    (written 22 January 2017, updated 14 August 2019, 1 October 2020)