Piloprepes antidoxa Meyrick, 1889
 (one synonym is Copriodes hypsilopha, Turner, 1935)
OECOPHORINAE ,   OECOPHORIDAE

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

Piloprepes antidoxa
(Photo: courtesy of Jenny Holmes, Great Western, Victoria )

The adult moth has white forewings, each with a broad transverse black band with raised scales.

The species is found in inland Australia, including:

  • Queensland,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 21.19, p. 223.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 65.

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    (updated 25 October 2010)