Leucoptera plagiomitra Turner, 1923
 LYONETIIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Specimen: courtesy of the Nicholas John Fisher, Booyong, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species are white with some dark brown markings including a diagonal bar across each forewing. The wingspan is about 0.8 cms.


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

The moth has been caught in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Microlepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 47 (1923), pp. 176-177.

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    (updated 13 October 2001, 23 July 2022)