Crepidosceles iostephana Meyrick, 1885
 WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Crepidosceles iostephana
(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Powers, Mitcham, Victoria)

The adult moth has yellow forewings, each with a dark brown band near the base, and a broad brown band along the margin. The hindwings are pale brown fading to white at the bases. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. 67-70, 75.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera XII Oecophoridae (continued),
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 9, Part 4 (1885), pp. 1056-1057, No. 360.

    Cathy Powers,
    Lights, Cameras & Action,
    Victorian Entomologist,
    Volume 50 (2019), p. 4.

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    (written 20 October 2014, updated 10 January 2015, 8 November 2020)