Glyphipterix isozela (Meyrick, 1907) GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo : courtesy of Reiner Richter, Wellington - Maffra, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species are a metallic black or brown, each with three white marks on the hind margin, and a pattern of iridescent silver lines. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 1.2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera, XIX, Plutellidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 32, (1907), p. 124, No. 244.

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(written 22 December 2023)