Tasmantrix phalaros

Tasmantrix phalaros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

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

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. 1 2 "Tasmantrix phalaros". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2025-06-29.