Bryophilopsis leucopolia (Turner, 1926) (previously known as Hypolispa leucopolia) SARROTHRIPINAE,   NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Herbert, Northern Territory)

The adult moth of this species has grey forewings, each with various variable markings, often including a dark irregular diagonal line across the middle separating a darker area from a paler area. The hindwings are each off-white with a narrow dark margin. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms. The sexes are similar.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This species has been found in :

Queensland.

The subfamily of NOLIDAE into which this species should be placed is unclear at present.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 50 (1926), p. 121.

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(written 15 December 2023)