Opostega phaeospila Turner, 1923
 OPOSTEGIDAE,   NEPTICULOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

This moth has off-white forewings, each with a brown mark near the middle of the costa. The forewing tips are brownish, each with a prominent black dot. The hindwings are white. The moth has a wingspan of about 0.7 cm.

In Australia: this moth has been found in :

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 47 (1923), p. 179.

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    (updated 31 December 2018)