Progonica rhothias (Meyrick, 1906)
(previously known as Hypertropha rhothias)
HYPERTROPHIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Progonica rhothias
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has pale grey-brown speckled forewings each with broad dark brown markings. The hindwings are dark brown shading to orange at the tornus. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in eastern Australia, including:

  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Tineina,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 30 (1906), p. 51-52.


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    (updated 22 April 2009, 28 March 2019)