Phanomorpha schizodesma (Lower, 1899) (previously known as: Eclipsiodes schizodesma) SCOPARIINI,   SCOPARIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Pooncarie, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are dark brown, each crossed by three white bands. The hindwings are yellow. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 24 (1899), p. 90.

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(written 10 September 2025)