| (formerly known as Oecophora uniformis) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The Caterpillars of this species have been found, and are thought to have been feeding on the dead leaves of:
The adult moths have speckled brown forewings each with two vague dark brown spots. The hindwings are grey-brown, darkening at the wing-tips. 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. 313, 319-325.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera, XII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 10, Part 4 (1886), pp. 781-782, No. 434.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 2 February 2022)