![]() | ( one synonym: Trachydora holochorda Meyrick, 1915) CHRYSOPELEIINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Mallacoota, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species have white forewings each having tufts of scales and a dark brown line along the middle. The hindwings are pale brown. The antennae are nearly as long as the forewings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species occurs in :
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new species of Australian Elachistidae, etc.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 28 (1904), pp. 179-180.
Edward Meyrick,
Tortricidae
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1 (1915), pp. 332-333.
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(updated 21 August 2012, 22 June 2021)