(previously known as Gracilaria calicella) GRACILLARIINAE, GRACILLARIIDAE, GRACILLARIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
The adult moth has a fringe on the trailing edge of each wing. The fore wings have a striking pattern of brown and white. The hind wings are a uniform dark brown. Its wingspan is about 0.8 cm.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 199.
Henry Tibbats Stainton,
(updated 22 August 2004)
Descriptions of nine exotic species of the genus Gracilaria,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
Series 3, Volume 1 (1862), pp. 297-298, and also
Plate X, fig. 7.
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