Anomima phaeochroa Turner, 1922 TINEODIDAE,   ALUCITOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, David Fischer, Deongwar State Forest, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings each with a vague dark spot near the middle, and with hooked wingtips. The hindwings are dark brown, each with a hooked tornus The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Australian Capital Territory.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35 (1922), p. 56.

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(written 23 March 2019, updated 15 February 2026)