| (previously known as Opsitycha delotypa) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Daltons Bridge, Victoria)
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| (previously known as Opsitycha delotypa) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Daltons Bridge, Victoria)
The adult moth of this species have white forewings, each with a variable dark brown markings, including a dark brown basal area, and two dark brown triangles on the costa. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found 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. 302, 304-305, 434.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera Oecophoridae X,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 66 (1941), p. 401, No. 1320.
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(written 31 January 2017, updated 30 August 2021)