| (formerly known as Pleurota pesephena) CHEZALA GOUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has fawn forewings, each with a dark base, and a variable number of vague dark spots. The hindwings are plain fawn. The moth has a wing span of about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
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. 38, 42-44.
Edward Meyrick,
Description of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XI Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 9, Number 3 (1885), p. 751, No. 287.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 9 December 2018, updated 4 November 2023)