Tonza purella (Walker, 1864) PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Hervey Range, Queensland)

The adult moth is off-white, with a black dot at the tip and tornus of each forewing. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

It has been found in Australia in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 30 (1864), p. 1011, No. 1.

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(written 2 February 2017, updated 4 October 2020)