Nephogenes melanoptila

Nephogenes melanoptila is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[2]

Nephogenes melanoptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Nephogenes
Species:
N. melanoptila
Binomial name
Nephogenes melanoptila
(Meyrick, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Trachypepla melanoptila Meyrick, 1915
  • Eulechria dochmotypa Turner, 1938

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are light fuscous grey, with scattered grey-whitish scales, and sometimes a few black scales. There is a raised blackish tuft in the disc before the middle, and a second obliquely beyond it on the fold, sometimes connected with the margins by a few raised black scales. An irregular line of raised black scales is found from three-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, more strongly marked in the disc. There are also a few black scales forming a carved transverse line towards the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous grey.

The larvae possibly feed on Kunzea capitata.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nephogenes melanoptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Nephogenes melanoptila (Meyrick, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 8 (3): 370.
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