Epharpastis daedala Meyrick, 1887 TINEODIDAE,   ALUCITOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have undivided wings with hooked wingtips. The wings are dark brown, with three irregular white bands across each wing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species occurs in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1887, pp. 203-204.

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(written 14 May 2019)