Eupselia axiepaena Turner, 1947
 HYPERTROPHIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eupselia axiepaena
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has dark brown forewings that each have a broad yellow band across the middle. The hindwings are plain dark brown. The thorax is brown. The moth has a wingspan of about 1 cm.

Eupselia axiepaena
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in :

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XIV,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 72 (1947), p. 149, No. 2197.

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    (written 23 February 2021)