Ironopolia ebenosticta

Ironopolia ebenosticta is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Turner in 1946.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Ironopolia ebenosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Ironopolia
Species:
I. ebenosticta
Binomial name
Ironopolia ebenosticta
(Turner, 1946)
Synonyms
  • Machimia ebenosticta Turner, 1946

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey with blackish dots and a few scattered scales. The first discal spot is found at one-fourth, the plical beyond it and the second discal at the middle. There is a dot on three-fourths of the dorsum and the second discal is connected by a line of dots with one-third of the costa, and by another line with three-fourths of the dorsum. There is also a fine partly interrupted line from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, indented beneath the costa and in the middle and there is a terminal series of dots. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ironopolia ebenosticta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Ironopolia at funet
  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 70 (3-4) : 116


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