''Sarisophora leucoscia'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the ...

. It is found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

(including

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

) and

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. The

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is approximately 15 mm. The forewings are whitish suffused with fuscous, leaving the basal costal area, a median streak, and much of the central area is whitish. There is a broad rounded dark-fuscous dorsal patch from the base to beyond the middle area. The discal spots are dark-fuscous, the first discal at one-third, the second discal just beyond the middle and the plical included in the dorsal patch. A dark-fuscous subcostal line is found from the base to one-fourth of the wings and some dark fuscous scales are present on the postmedian veins. The hindwings are pale grey.Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 154

References

Moths described in 1919 Sarisophora Moths of Australia Moths of New Zealand {{Lecithocerinae-stub