Stathmopoda megathyma Meyrick, 1897
 STATHMOPODIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings which each have a prominent white line across the middle, a white line along the costa, and several other white patches. The hind margin of each wing is heavily fringed with hairs. The hindwings are narrow and plain greyish-brown. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The moth is inclined to rest with its head down.


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The species has been found in:

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


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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22, Part 2 (1897), p. 325.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 183.

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    (updated 9 May 2012, 15 February 2024)