| (previously known as Protolechia odorifera) GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Protolechia odorifera) GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The Caterpillar of this species has been found living between leaves joined with silk, on
The adult moths have brown forewings, with one pale, and several dark, incomplete stripes along them. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the wingtips. 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, Part 2 (1904), p. 371.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 12 January 2013, 29 March 2019, 3 May 2021)