Mesophleps chloranthes (Lower, 1900)
 (one synonym : Nothris centrothetis Meyrick, 1904)
ANACAMPSINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Mesophleps chloranthes
(Photo: courtesy of CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

These adult moths have yellow forewings, each with three dark spots. The hindwings are a streaky fawn colour. The wingspan is about 1.5 cm.

Mesophleps chloranthes
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Western Australia (listed as Xerometra centrothetis),
  • Northern Territory,
  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 25 (1900), p. 418.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVIII Gelechiadae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 29 (1904), p. 422 No. 250.

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    (written 4 September 2024, updated 15 April 2026)