Leptozestis harmosta (Meyrick, 1897) (formerly known as Pyroderces leucombra) CHRYSOPELEIINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Genoa, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have dark grey forewings each with a broad jagged white across the middle with some orange spots, and some elevated scale tufts. The hindwings are plain brown. The head and thorax are white. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), pp. 388-389, No. 165.

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(written 18 December 2020, updated 22 June 2021)