Scoparia favilliferella (Walker, 1866) (one synonym is Xeroscopa encausta Meyrick, 1885) SCOPARIINI,   SCOPARIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with scattered grey markings, an arc of dark little triangles along the margin, and a wavy pale submarginal line with dark jagged edges. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), pp. 1719.

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(written 8 February 2019)