Lepidoscia stellaris (Meyrick, 1893)
(previously known as Xysmatodoma stellaris)
PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult male and female moths of this species have black forewings, each with a sparse pattern of vague arcs of white spots The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 7, Part 4 (1892), p. 493, No. 10.


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    (written 9 January 2026)