| Trichoptilus ceramodes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Trichoptilus |
| Species: | T. ceramodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichoptilus ceramodes Meyrick, 1886 | |
Trichoptilus ceramodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Australia, including New South Wales and South Australia.
(wingspan male, female 14 millimetres (0.55 in)) Head and thorax light ochreous. Antennae ochreous, with a blackish line above. Palpi pale ochreous, base white, second joint reaching above middle of face. Abdomen light ochreous, with an obscure interrupted blackish line on each side of the back; apex in male with two white obliquely ascending tolerably appressed hair pencils, valves small. Legs white, longitudinally lined with dark fuscous; posterior pair banded with brownish ochreous on middle and apex of tibiae and apex of 1st joint of tarsi. Fore wings cleft from middle, segments linear; light ochreous; a small brown spot near inner margin before one-fourth; a cloudy fuscous spot on base of 2nd segment; 1st segment with broad cloudy fuscous basal, median and apical bands; costal cilia grey, with white spots between the bands; rest of cilia grey, with a few whitish scales, a white bar at anal angle, and another on lower margin before middle of 2nd segment. Hind wings cleft firstly from before one-third, secondly from base, segments linear; rather dark fuscous; cilia light ochreous-greyish, inner margin of 3rd segment with a row of white hair scales, without black scales. This species appears to be destitute of black scales in the cilia of both wings. Sydney, New South Wales; Port Lincoln, South Australia; two specimens in September and November.
— Original description by Edward Meyrick
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