Homadaula myriospila
Homadaula myriospila is a moth in the family Galacticidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Shark Bay to Cape Arid National Park in Western Australia.
| Homadaula myriospila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Plutellidae |
| Genus: | Homadaula |
| Species: | H. myriospila |
| Binomial name | |
| Homadaula myriospila Meyrick, 1907 | |
The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated (sprinkled) with white and strewn with numerous dark fuscous dots. The absence of white irroration generally forms a subquadrate blotch on the costa before the middle, its anterior edge darker and tending to be produced to the dorsum, but this is sometimes obsolete or reduced to a spot in the disc. There is a more or less distinct small dark spot above the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are ochreous grey, becoming darker towards the apex.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Homadaula myriospila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 32: 73.
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