Morophaga clonodes

Morophaga clonodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Morophaga
Species: M. clonodes
Binomial name
Morophaga clonodes
(Meyrick, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Scardia clonodes Meyrick, 1893
  • Scardia porphyrea Lower, 1903
  • Scardia maculosa Diakonoff, 1949

Morophaga clonodes is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in eastern Australia, from Cape York to Sydney.

Adults have a speckled pattern of light and dark greyish-brown on the forewings, and plain brown hindwings.

The larvae tunnel in bracket fungi growing on trees in forests. Pupation takes place in the larval galleries.

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