Ericrypsina chorodoxa (Meyrick, 1920)
 (previously known as Eulechria chorodoxa)
CHEZALA GOUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ericrypsina chorodoxa
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

This adult moth has grey or brown forewings, each with vague rows of black spots. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in eastern Australia, including:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    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. 171, 178-181.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Oecophoridę,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 2, Part 12 (1920), p. 372.

    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    Lepidoptera
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (updated 1 November 2012, 21 October 2018, 22 January 2021)