Azaleodes micronipha Turner, 1923 PALAEPHATIDAE,   PALAEPHATOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The forewings of the adult moth of this species have pale brown forewings, each with a scattering of dark dots, and sometimes a vague dark diagonal band from the wingtip to the middle of the hind-margin, and sometimes two large irregular white spots. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Microlepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 47 (1922), p. 192.

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(written 21 April 2019)