| (previously known as Xysmatodoma stellaris) PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |

(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
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)