Limnaecia camptosema (Meyrick, 1897)
 (formerly known as Limnoecia camptosema)
COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Limnaecia camptosema
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Colquhoun Regional Park, Victoria)

These adult moths are black with a pale yellow thorax, and with three white bands on each forewing. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Limnaecia camptosema
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in

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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), pp. 366-367, No. 127.

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    (written 25 January 2017, updated 18 April 2017 6 June 2021)