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Hoplomorpha notatana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Hoplomorpha
Species:	H. notatana
Binomial name
Hoplomorpha notatana (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
Conchylis notatana Walker, 1863 Hoplitica porphyraspis Turner, 1896

Hoplomorpha notatana is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 19–25 mm. The forewings are whitish grey, irregularly suffused with dark-fuscous scales. The basal one-third of the costa, apex and upper half of the hindmargin are dark fuscous and there is a very large semicircular purplish-fuscous blotch extending on the inner-margin from one-fifth nearly to the anal angle reaching two-thirds across the disc, its anterior margin rounded, its posterior margin straighter, more oblique, and acutely angled just above the anal angle. There are also two small purplish-fuscous dots in the disc posterior to the summit of the dorsal blotch. The posterior portion of the disc is more or less suffused with fuscous, with a paler line first oblique, then parallel to the hindmargin. The hindwings are pale ochreous, the apex suffused with fuscous.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hoplomorpha notatana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku. "Hoplomorpha notatana (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 8 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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