Tylochares cosmiella (Meyrick, 1879)
 (previously known as Myelois cosmiella)
PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Tylochares cosmiella
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings that are each crossed by some postmedial zigzag lines, and an anteromedial pale bar which is sometimes transected by a dark chevron pointing to the tail. The hindwings are white, shading to brown at the margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. I. Crambites,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 3, Part 3 (1879), p. 212.

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    (written 21 January 2021)