Trachydora chrysodoxa Meyrick, 1915
CHRYSOPELEIINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Trachydora chrysodoxa
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings which have several dark lines, and several tuft of scales sticking up. The hindwings are grey. The antennae are nearly as long as the forewings. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in :

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1 (1915), p. 332.


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    (updated 21 August 2012)