CHELARIINAE, GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan,
Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each speckled with a dark dots and spots, some forming a broken band across the middle. The moth has substantial very hairy labial palps. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII Gelechiadae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), p. 418, No. 246.
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(written 8 September 2018, updated 17 October 2018)