Heterobathra xiphosema Lower, 1901
 DEPRESSARIINAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Heterobathra xiphosema
(Photo: courtesy of Bevan Buirchell, Kookynie, Western Australia)

The adult moth of this species has dark grey-brown forewings with a black streak.. The hindwings are pale grey-brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 25 (1901), p. 90.

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    (written 23 June 2025)