| (formerly known as Oecophora alternella) CHEZALA GOUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Steve Bok,
Numeralla, New South Wales)
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| (formerly known as Oecophora alternella) CHEZALA GOUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Steve Bok,
Numeralla, New South Wales)
The adult moth of this species has cream forewings with variable bold dark brown markings. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in south-eastern Australia, including:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia II:
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
CSIRO Publishing, 1997, pp. 90, 91, 93.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), p. 682, No. 60.
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(written 31 December 2021)