COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moths have black forewings with bold white bands and patches. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 10, Part 4 (1886), pp. 808-809, No. 487.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 3 October 2014)