Eutorna diaula Meyrick, 1906
DEPRESSARIINAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eutorna diaula
(Photo: courtesy of Con Boekel, Gundary, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has streaky grey-brown forewings each with pale veins, and a few dark spots of raised scales. The hindwings are off-white shading to grey-brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

Eutorna diaula
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Gleniffer, New South Wales)

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

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


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Tineina,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 30 (1906), p. 45.


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    (written 29 December 2022, updated 7 June 2025)