Micropeteina dryinodes (Meyrick, 1889)
(formerly known as Philonympha chalcophragma)
BAREA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Micropeteina dryinodes
(Photo: courtesy of Helen Wakefield, Bullsbrook, Western Australia)

The caterpillars of this species have been found in the dry ground litter, pooibly feeding on the dead leaves on dead leaves of

  • Deane's wattle (Acacia deanei, MIMOSACEAE)

    The male adult moths have forewings that are brown, each with short black streak emanating from the base. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan of the male is about 3 cms.

    The female has reduced pointed wings, and cannot fly. She has a wingspan of about 1.7 cms.

    The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.


    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. 13, 16, 313, 315-319.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XV. Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 3 (1889), pp. 1565-1566, No. 585 (104c).


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    (written 7 February 2022)