Phalangitis pellochroa Turner, 1913
 PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with a brown line along the costa, and a wide brown area along the hind margin. The hindwings are pale brown. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Western Australia, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 38 (1913), p. 224.

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    (written 8 August 2022)