Tritymba dasybathra Lower, 1894
 PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth is brown. The forewings each have a dark area at the base and pointed wingtips. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

It has been found in Australia in:

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

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Heterocera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 18 (1894), pp. 110-111.

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    (written 8 June 2019, updated 8 February 2026)