Eupselia iridizona Lower, 1899 HYPERTROPHIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are yellow each have complex markings including a large dark brown patch with a purple sheen along the margin, and a tapering set of seven eyespots along the margin. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

(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 :

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 24 (1899), pp. 115-116.

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(written 12 September 2018)