Lepidoscia stenomochla (Turner, 1926) (formerly: Narycia stenomochla) PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nicholas J. Fisher, Tamborine Mountain, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with three vague brown speckled transverse bands. The hindwings are pale grey-brown. The head is white, and the thorax dark brown. The wingspan of the moth is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 50 (1926), p. 151.

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(written 10 April 2019, updated 22 August 2020)