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

Eupselia metabola
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Koch, Murray Bridge, South Australia)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are dark brown with a large variable white area at the base crossed by several black lines along the costa. The hindwings are cream with broad dark brown margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae: XIV,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 72 (1947), pp. 149-150 No. 2204.

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    (written 8 May 2023)