Tineodes adactylalis Guenée, 1854 (one synonym is Carcantia pterophoralis Walker, 1859) TINEODIDAE,   ALUCITOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Dunn Rock Reserve, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have fawn forewings, with a few dark spots, and darker areas along the costa and margin and a dark splodge at the tornus. The hindwings are paler with paler dark spots and splodges. The forewings each have a slightly concave costa, a slightly concave margin, and a concave hind-margin. In its resting position, the moth creases its wings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Marko Mutanen and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Achille Guenée,
Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), p. 237, No. 209.

Francis Walker,
Pyralides,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 17 (1859), p. 425, No. 1.

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(written 14 May 2019, updated 19 November 2020)