Lepidoscia tyrobathra Meyrick, 1893 Pied Casemoth PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of David Akers, Won Wron, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, each with off-white markings, including a transverse band and spots. The hindwings are grey-brown, fading to off-white at the base and on the hind-margin. The wingspan of the male moth is about 2 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 :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7, Part 4 (1893), p. 511, No. 44.

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(written 31 January 2019, updated 2 November 2024)