Tritymba acrospila (Turner, 1926)
(formerly known as Pauroneura acrospila)
PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Tritymba acrospila
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington, Wonboyn, New South Wales)

The adult moth has brown head, thorax, and wings. The forewwings each have a small white spot near the wingtip. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New and Little known Tasmanian Lepidoptera. Part II,
    courtesy of the
    Library Open Repository, University of Tasmania Library,
    Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania,
    1927, p. 159.


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    (written 25 June 2022)