Sympycnodes rhaptodes Turner, 1942
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Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Sympycnodes rhaptodes
(Photo: courtesy of Cath Busby, Cook, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings with a fine network of dark lines. The hindwings are plain grey, darkening at the tips of the veins at the margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

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

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 26.7, p. 272.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 53 (1942), p. 80.

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    (updated 23 July 2010, 31 October 2020, 4 April 2022)