Lepidotarsa habrodelta (Lower, 1897) is a animal in the Oecophoridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lepidotarsa habrodelta (Lower, 1897)

Lepidotarsa habrodelta (Lower, 1897)

Lepidotarsa habrodelta is an Oecophoridae moth found in three Australian states, with distinctive patterned wings and a 2 cm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Lepidotarsa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Lepidotarsa habrodelta (Lower, 1897)

Lepidotarsa habrodelta (Lower, 1897) is a moth species that belongs to the family Oecophoridae. It can be found in the Australian regions of New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria. This species has white forewings; each forewing has a black stripe running across its base, a dark brown outer margin, and an often incomplete brown or yellow X-shaped marking across the middle section of the wing. The hindwings are off-white, with color fading to brown toward their margins. The wingspan of this moth is approximately 2 centimetres.

Photo: (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Oecophoridae Lepidotarsa

More from Oecophoridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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