Heteropsyche stenomorpha

Heteropsyche stenomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epipyropidae
Genus:	Heteropsyche
Species:	H. stenomorpha
Binomial name
	Heteropsyche stenomorpha; Perkins, 1905[1][2]

Heteropsyche stenomorpha is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It is found in Australia.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are black or blackish fuscous and rather roughly scaled. The hindwings are like the forewings, but more finely scaled.[4]

The larvae feed on planthoppers of the superfamily Fulgoroidea.

References

Perkins, R. C. L. (1905). "Leaf-Hoppers and their Natural Enemies (Pt. II. Epipyropidæ) Lepidoptera". Report of the Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. 1 (2): 83.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
"Species Heteropsyche stenomorpha Perkins, 1905". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
Australian Faunal Directory
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[Perkins_et_al.,_1905-1] Perkins, R. C. L. (1905). "Leaf-Hoppers and their Natural Enemies (Pt. II. Epipyropidæ) Lepidoptera". Report of the Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. 1 (2): 83.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[ABRS-2] "Species Heteropsyche stenomorpha Perkins, 1905". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

[3] Australian Faunal Directory

[4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Perkins (1905).