Phyllocnystis atractias Meyrick, 1906
PHYLLOCNISTINAE, GRACILLARIIDAE

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

(updated 21 October 2001)


oops: no abdomen!
(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

This moth has a fringe of hairs around the edge of each wing. The fore wings are shiny white and brown wing tips. Its wingspan is about 0.4 cms.

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