Sympycnodes tripartita T.P. Lucas, 1892 (formerly known as Zeuzera tripartita) ZEUZERINAE,   COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Dorrigo, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have patchy grey forewings, each with a faint net-like pattern, and two black marks on the costa. The hindwings are grey with narrow checquered edges, The wingspan of both sexes is about 5 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 :

Thomas P. Lucas,
On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities, &c.,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 8, part 3 (1892), p. 78.

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(written 8 January 2026)