Ironopolia stygnodes

Ironopolia stygnodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Ironopolia
Species:	I. stygnodes
Binomial name
	Ironopolia stygnodes; (Turner, 1946)
Synonyms
	Machimia stygnodes Turner, 1946;

Ironopolia stygnodes is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Turner in 1946.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.^[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are grey with dark fuscous dots and a dot on the base of the costa. The first discal is found at one-third, the plical well beyond it and the second discal before two-thirds. There is a dot beneath and beyond the second discal and a subterminal line of dots from well beneath three-fourths of the costa curved to the tornus, as well as a series of terminal dots extending around the apex. The hindwings are darker grey. .^[3]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ironopolia stygnodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ Ironopolia at funet
^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 70 (3-4) : 116

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ironopolia stygnodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] Ironopolia at funet

[3] Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 70 (3-4) : 116

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