Lepidoscia polymeres (Turner, 1900) (formerly known as Xysmatodona polymeres) PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Gollan, near Helensvale, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with several dark brown markings, including a short dark line along the costa at the base, and some broken or irregular transverse bands. The hindwings are off-white. The head is off-white, the thorax black, and the abdomen brown. The male has a wingspan is about 1.5 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 Micro-lepidoptera — mostly from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 24 (1900), p. 18.

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(written 31 January 2019, updated 26 August 2022)