Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Oecophoridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Oecophorinae | |
Nephogenes melanoptila is a species of moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1883. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.
The wingspan is 14-18 mm. The forewings are light fuscous-grey, with scattered grey-whitish scales, and sometimes a few black scales. There is a raised blackish tuft in the disc before the middle, and a second obliquely beyond it on the fold, sometimes connected with the margins by a few raised black scales. An irregular line of raised black scales is found from three-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, more strongly marked in the disc. There are also a few black scales forming a carved transverse line towards the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous-grey.
The larvae possibly feed on Kunzea capitata.