Tasmantrix phalaros

Tasmantrix phalaros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Tasmantrix
Species:
T. phalaros
Binomial name
Tasmantrix phalaros
Gibbs, 2010

Tasmantrix phalaros is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia in wet, upland eucalypt forests of northern New South Wales from Minyon Falls to Narara.[1]

The species has dark purple forewings[2] with a length of 3.6 mm for males and 3.5 mm for females, and a wingspan of roughly 0.8 cm[2]

References

  1. ^ Micropterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southwestern Pacific: a revision with the establishment of five new genera from Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand
  2. ^ a b "Tasmantrix phalaros". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2025-06-29.


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