CHRYSOPELEIINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(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.
The species occurs in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1 (1915), p. 332.
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(updated 21 August 2012)