Diaphanta chryseres (Turner, 1898)
 (formerly known as Eulechria chryseres)
BAREA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Diaphanta chryseres
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings, each with a complex pattern of black markings. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • New South Wales
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

    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. 199, 201-202.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Descriptions of new Microlepidoptera from Queensland,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 22 (1898), p. 207.

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    (written 15 October 2024, updated 12 November 2024)