HYPERTROPHIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (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.
The species has been found in :
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.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 2 February 2017, 28 March 2019, 11 October 2020)