Craniosara pyrotricha (Meyrick, 1893)
 (previously known as Tinea pyrotricha)
MYRMECOZELINAE,   TINEIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Craniosara pyrotricha
(Photo: courtesy of John Walter, Drummond, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has speckled dark brown forewings, which have a mauve sheen. The hindwings are off-white shading to pale brown at the wingtips. The head is hairy and orange. The wingspan is about 1.4 cms.

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

The species has been found in eastern Australia in:

  • Queensland,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 7, Part 4 (1892), p. 536, No. 79.

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    (written 10 January 2019, updated 12 December 2019, 20 November 2020, 14 June 2022)