Exarsia paracycla (Lower, 1897)
 (formerly known as Plutella paracycla)
BAREA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with a dark spot near the middle. The hindwings are off-white with darker edges. The head and thorax are white. The wingspan is about 2.3 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • New South Wales, and
  • South 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. 28-30, 40.

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), pp. 24-25.

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    (written 30 January 2022, updated 30 September 2024)