| (previously known as Mimesoptilus phaeonephes) PTEROPHORINAE, PTEROPHORIDAE, PTEROPHORIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Debbie Matthews & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris,
Baw Baw National Park, Victoria)
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| (previously known as Mimesoptilus phaeonephes) PTEROPHORINAE, PTEROPHORIDAE, PTEROPHORIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Debbie Matthews & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris,
Baw Baw National Park, Victoria)
This species has pale brown wings fading to white at the margins, with a dark mark at the end of the indentation in the foremost plume. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of the Pterophoridae.,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1886, pp. 19-20.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 31 January 2009, 31 January 2017, 4 October 2020)