Zelleria cynetica Meyrick, 1892
Rectangular Ermine Moth
 YPONOMEUTINAE,   YPONOMEUTIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Zelleria cynetica
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth has speckled brown forewings, each with a straight costa, giving a rectangular shape. The hindwings are pale brown. Its resting posture has the head down and the rest of the body pointing diagonally straight up backward. Its active posture is the opposite. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Zelleria cynetica
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The species occurs in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • Western Australia.

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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera IV,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 7, Part 4 (1892), p. 582, No. 156.

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    (written 31 March 2013, updated 14 October 2018, 17 October 2020, 8 February 2021, 24 April 2022)