| (one synonym : Cyphostica zophonota Turner, 1927) GRACILLARIINAE, GRACILLARIIDAE, GRACILLARIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
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| (one synonym : Cyphostica zophonota Turner, 1927) GRACILLARIINAE, GRACILLARIIDAE, GRACILLARIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
The Caterpillars of this species are thought to mine the leaves and feed on
The adult moth have brown forewings, each with a spotty patchy pattern. The hindwings are pale brown each with a vague pale streak. Its wingspan is about 1.5 cms. The antennae are longer than the forewings.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidopterological gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), p. 88.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New and Little Known Tasmanian Lepidoptera, Part II,
courtesy of the
Library Open Repository, University of Tasmania Library,
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania,
1926, p. 159.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 28 August 2019)
