Tritymba diatoma (Turner, 1923)
 (formerly known as Paraphyllis diatoma)
PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth has brown forewings, each with a white stripe. The hindwings are brown. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Microlepidoptera,
    Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 47 (1923), p. 174.

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    (written 8 August 2022)