| Little Mask Philenora (erroneously : Philenora aspectectatella Froggatt, 1907) (one synonym : Tinea oecophorella Walker, 1866) LITHOSIINI, ARCTIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The moth of this species has white forewings, each with a black base, and two jagged black bars joined by a jagged black line. The medial bar has a yellow patch. The hindwings are pale yellow, each with black marks around the wingtip. The wingspan is about 1.8 cms.
The species has been caught in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 18.7, p. 436.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 24-25.
Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29, (1864), p. 679, No. 55.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), p. 1813.
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(updated 27 August 2012, 23 March 2021)