(one synonym is Epiphthora psolosticta Turner, 1919) GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings each with dark speckles and spots. The hindwings are off-white. The wingspan is about 1.4 cm.
The species has been 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. 261, 263-264, No. 8.
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(written 11 July 2022, updated 7 September 2024)