| COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths have dark brown forewings each with a broad off-white band and five off-white patches. The head is white with a dark brown collar, and the thorax is white. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.
The species has been found in
Other observations identified as this species in other states are thought to be of other similar but unnamed species, namely:
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera XV Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 3, Number 4 (1889), p. 1677, No. 749
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 1 February 2021, updated 27 November 2021)