Procometis phloeodes Turner, 1898 AUTOSTICHINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

These adult moths have dark brown stripey forewings. The wingspan of the males is about 2.5 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading-

Alfred Jefferis Turner,
The Xyloryctidae of Queensland,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 4 (1898), p. 29, No. 87.

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(updated 1 November 2012, 1 September 2018)