Atteva charopis Turner, 1903 ATTEVINAE,   YPONOMEUTIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of David Fischer, Mission Beach, Queensland)

This adult moth has dark orange forewings with white spots. The hindwings are yellow, shading to dark brown at the wingtips. Its wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 28 (1903), pp. 80-81.

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(written 31 March 2019, updated 17 February 2026)