| (formerly known as Protolechia sisyraea) GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
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| (formerly known as Protolechia sisyraea) GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings each with variable dark brown markings. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the wingtips. 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), p. 359, No. 159.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 12 January 2017, updated 17 October 2018)