Thema brevivitella Walker, 1864 (one synonym : Pleurota pyrosema Meyrick, 1884) CHEZALA GOUP OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The Caterpillars of species in this genus feed on dead leaves in the leaf litter on the ground under trees.

(Photo: courtesy of Harold McQueen, Goodna, Queensland)

The forewings of the adult moth of this species are brown or yellow with variable bold brown or black markings. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Victoria.

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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. 170-176.

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), p. 802, No. 1.

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(written 27 June 2013, updated 25 October 2018, 4 September 2020)