Orthenches epiphricta Meyrick, 1907 PLUTELLINAE,   PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth has dark brown forewings, each with some pale speckles. The hindwings are white shading to brown at the wingtips. The head is white. The moth has a wingspan of about 1 cm.

The species has been found in

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 32 (1907), pp. 135, No. 268.

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(written 3 February 2022)