''Phylomictis maligna'' is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in
Australia
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, where it has been recorded from
Victoria.
The
wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are white, slightly ochreous tinged, with a thick irregular dark grey streak along the inner margin from the base to the anal angle and an irregular much interrupted dark fuscous transverse line from one-third of the costa to the dorsal streak beyond the middle. There is a dark fuscous dot in the disc at two-thirds and the apical two-fifths of the wing are wholly fuscous, sprinkled with darker fuscous, and with a curved subterminal and hindmarginal series of obscure whitish marks. The hindwings are fuscous, darker towards the hindmargin.
''Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia'' 13: 75
References
Moths described in 1890
Phylomictis
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