![]() | (one synonym is Philobota dasycopa Lower, 1907) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Yarra Ranges, Victoria)
The caterpillars of this species have been found boring into the branches of various Wattles, (MIMOSACEAE), including
The adult moths have white forewings each with a zig-zag pattern of dark brown bands. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia III:
The Barea Group and Unplaced Genera (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 8,
CSIRO Publishing, 2000, pp. 17, 56-60, 67.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera IX Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 8, Part 3 (1883), pp. 331-332, No. 120.
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(written 25 January 2017, updated 3 September 2018, 15 August 2019, 30 August 2021)