(previously known as Orneodes agapeta) ALUCITIDAE, ALUCITOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
This moth is white with rows pale brown single and double chevrons on the wings. The wingspan is about 1.5 cm.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera (Pyralidae),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 24 (1913), pp. 161-162.
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(written 1 April 2017, updated 29 June 2023)