Ethmia sporadica Turner, 1942 ETHMIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Brian Cartwright, Adelaide Hills, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have white wings, with a pattern of black dots on the forewings, and an area of grey on the hindwings. They have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The species may be found over most of eastern Australia, including:

South Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Fragmenta Lepidopterologica,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 53 (1942), pp. 94-95.

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(updated 31 May 2010, 30 March 2019, 9 May 2021)