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

Machetis versatrix
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Yaugher, Victoria)

The moths of this species have white forewings each with broad dark brown zigzag partial streak, and fuzzy dark mark on the margin. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    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. 60.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Tortricidae
    Exotic Microlepideoptera,
    Volume 1 (1915), p. 171.

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    (written 3 September 2018, updated 20 December 2022)