Plectophila micradelpha (Turner, 1898) (previously known as Lichenaula micradelpha) XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings each with brown markings including two incomplete streaks. The hindwings are plain grey. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Plectophila micradelpha, Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Monday, July 5, 2010.

A. Jefferis Turner,
The Xyloryctidae of Queensland,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 4 (1898), p. 20, No. 58.

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(written 26 November 2018, updated 12 July 2019)