Machetis diamochla Turner, 1941
 BAREA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Machetis diamochla
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The moths of this species have white forewings each with a light and dark brown markings, including a broad dark irregular cross. The wingspan is up to 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Queensland.

    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. 59, 60.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae: X,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 66 (1941), p. 411, No. 1400.

    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    Lepidoptera
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (written 3 September 2018, updated 20 December 2022)