COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson,
Melba, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths have black forewings, each of which has a yellow and white patch at the base, and crossed by three further vague yellow and white bands. The hindwings are pale grey. The wingspan is about 8 mms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII: Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), pp. 362-363, No. 119.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 29 June 2022)