Eupselia beatella

Eupselia beatella (Walker, 1864)
(previously known as Orosana beatella)
HYPERTROPHIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The Caterpillars of this species are thought to feed on the foliage of:

Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus species, MYRTACEAE ).

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

The adult moth has forewings that are striped black and grey but covered in white dots, except each has a black semicircular area on the hind margin, and a large round black subterminal blob. The hindwings are pale yellow with a dark brown border. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.

The species has been found in eastern Australia, including:

Queensland,

New South Wales,

Australian Capital Territory, and

Victoria.

Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 30 (1864), p. 999.