Thudaca circumdatella Walker, 1864 HYPERTROPHIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Genoa Falls, Victoria)

The adult moth has white wings with a brown stripe around each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown darkening towards the wingtips. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 30 (1864), p. 1012, No. 2.

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(written 2 February 2017, 28 March 2019, 11 October 2020)