Iphierga macarista Turner, 1917 PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Dryandra, Western Australia)

The adult male moth of this species has white forewings, each having a dark brown base, two incomplete dark brown bars, and an arc of dark brown commas around the margin. The hindwings are plain white. The head is covered in long orange scales. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found, especially inland, in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidopterological gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), pp. 103-104.

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(written 18 January 2019, updated 26 November 2025)