Plectophila pyrgodes Turner, 1898 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings with two broad dark bars across each one. The male has yellow areas on the forewings also. The hindwings are pale brown in the male and dark brown in the female. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Plectophila pyrgodes, 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. 24, No. 70.

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