Lepidoscia dicranota (Turner, 1923) (formerly known as Narycia dicranota) PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nicholas Fisher, Tamborine Mountain, Queensland)

The male and female adult moths of this species have white forewings, each with five brown transverse bands: one at the base, one 'V' shaped, one jagged, one incomplete, and vestges of one on the margin. The hindwings are grey-brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Microlepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 47 (1923), p. 190.

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(written 28 January 2019, updated 12 August 2022)