Tanycnema anomala Turner, 1922 TINEODIDAE,   ALUCITOIDEA

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 dark brown forewings, sometimes each with a pale stripe along the costa. The hindwings are plain dark brown. The forewings each have a slightly recurved pointed wingtip, a slightly concave costa, and a concave hind-margin. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

The species occurs in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35, Part 1 (1923), p. 57.

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(written 14 May 2019, updated 19 November 2020)