Opostegidae

  White Eyecap Moths. Very small dorsi-ventrally flattened moths. Adults are usually white with a dark pattern. The biology of Australian species is unknown.

Opostega atypa

Opostega scoliozona Opostega stiriella Opostegoides gephyraea

 

 

 

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References:

Insects of Australia (Chapter 41: Lepidoptera)

E.S. Nielson and I.F.B. Common

CSIRO, Division of Entomology

1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.

Page 842

 

Moths of Australia

Ian F.B. Common

Melbourne University Press, 1990

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