Isorrhoa aetheria Meyrick, 1897
 (one synonym is Aeoloscelis hydrographa Meyrick, 1897)
COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Isorrhoa aetheria
(Photo: courtesy of Nicholas John Fisher , Tamborine Mountain, Queensland)

The adult moths have white forewings which each have a complex pattern of brown bands. The hindwings are pale brown with white streaks. The forelegs are long and seemingly feathered, and held upward when stressed. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Western Australia.
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Isorrhoa aetheria
    Drawing : Edward Meyrick (listed as Aeoloscelis hydrographa)
    Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman, 1912, Fascicule CLXIV, p. 87, Fig. 4,
    image digitized by University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Library.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Family Glyphipterygidae,
    Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman, 1912
    Plate 164, p. 87, Fig. 4.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII: Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), p. 327, No. 56.

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    (written 18 June 2025)