(formerly known as Protolechia loemias) GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Matt Campbell,
Morwell National Park,
Victoria)
The adult moths have brown forewings each with a dark spot near the middle. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species is found in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII: Gelechiadae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), pp. 383-384, No. 196.
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(written 11 February 2017, updated 17 October 2018, 22 October 2020)