Heliozela eucarpa Meyrick, 1897 HELIOZELIDAE,   ADELOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Erik J. van Nieukerken-Nauturalis)

The forewings of the adult moth are dark brown, each with two white marks on the hind margin. The hindwings are grey darkening toward the margins. The head and thorax are a shiny black. The wingspan is about 0.7 cm.

The species has been found in Australia in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), p. 404, No. 196.

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(written 22 November 2018, updated 13 February 2024)