Heteropsyche micromorpha

Heteropsyche micromorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epipyropidae
Genus: Heteropsyche
Species: H. micromorpha
Binomial name
Heteropsyche micromorpha
Perkins, 1905

Heteropsyche micromorpha is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It is found in Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are greyish and dark blackish fuscous so arranged that the grey parts form many small roundish spots. The hindwings are blackish fuscous.[2]

The larvae feed on leaf hoppers of the Fulgoroidea superfamily.

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