Limnaecia chionospila Meyrick, 1897 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths have black forewings which are each crossed by three off-white bands. The hindwings are pale brown. The head is pale yellow, and the thorax black. The antennae are black, each with off-white tips and an off-white section in the middle. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Australian Capital Territory.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII: Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), pp. 365-366, No. 125.

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(written 16 May 2021, updated 18 October 2021)