(formerly known as Eulechria dryocoetes) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
David Akers,
Won Wron, Victoria)
The moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with extensive pale brown markings, and several dark brown blobs of varying sizes. The hindwings are off-white, shading to brown at the wingtips. The labial palps are long, and are normally held curving upward in front of the head. The wingspan is about 1.8 cms.
The species is native to Australia, occurring 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, p. 162.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. VIII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 64 (1939), p. 57, No. 903.
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(written 9 November 2017, updated 26 December 2019, 12 October 2020)