Barea asbolaea (Meyrick, 1883) Chequered Bar or Buryas Bridge Moth (formerly known as Phloeopola asbolaea) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Alan Melville, Margate, Tasmania)

The moths of this species have pale brown forewings, each with an alternating black and off-white streak along the wing, and black marks along the margin. The hindwings are brown. The labial palps are long, and are normally held curving upward in front of the head. The wingspan is about 2.3 cms.

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

The species is native to Australia, occurring in:

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XI Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 8 (1883), p. 349, No. 136.

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(written 26 January 2023)