(formerly known as Glyphipteryx anaclastis) GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE, YPONOMEUTOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Cath Busby,
Mount Painter, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species have forewings that are golden brown, each with irregular silver markings, and a short black bar crossed by three tiny gold stripes, at the tornus The hindwings are plain brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 32, (1907), p. 130, No. 262.
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(written 22 April 2020)