Iphierga melichrysa Lower, 1902 TALEPORIINAE,   PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Kay Muddiman, Crooked Corner, New South Wales)

The adult male moth of this species has white forewings, each crossed by five black bars, although the post-medial bar is vestigial and confined to the costa. The hindwings are off-white. The head is covered in long orange scales. 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:

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 26 (1902), p. 246.

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(written 8 October 2022, updated 11 October 2022)