Telanepsia notospila (Turner, 1933)
 (previously known as Leptocroca notospila)
CHEZALA GOUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Telanepsia notospila
(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Freshwater Creek, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with various vague brown markings, including three dark spots. Sometimes there is a pale patch extending from the base. The hindwings are off-white, shading to pale brown at the wing-tips.

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

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

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

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. II,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 58 (1933), p. 84.

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    (written 27 December 2024)