ARRHENOPHANIDAE , TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
black & white photo, digitally tinted
Photo: courtesy of Donald R. Davis,
Department of Systematc Biology,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
A Monograph of the Family Arrhenophanidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,
Number 620 (2003), p. 58, fig. 93.
The Caterpillars of this species are thought to feed on various varieties of
The adult moths have blotchy brown forewings, each with a vague dark streak interrupted by an orange spot. The hindwings are pale brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 6 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Donald R. Davis,
A Monograph of the Family Arrhenophanidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,
Number 620 (2003), p. 22, figs. 12, 32, 93, 237, 238.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 17 July 2021)