Coryphoscola dictyosema (Turner, 1946)
(formerly known as Machimia cryptorrhoda)
WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings with extensive brown markings. The forewing tips have recurved points. The hindwings are off-white with brown veins. The head is white. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species may be found in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
    CSIRO Publishing, 1994, pp. 66, 308, 314-317.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XIII,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 70, Parts 3-4 (1946), p. 99.


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    (written 23 January 2022)