Pholeutis neolecta Meyrick, 1906
 OTHER OECOPHORINAE
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Pholeutis neolecta
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Wingan, Victoria)

The caterpillars of this species have been found feeding in the leaf litter on the dead leaves of

  • Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus species, MYRTACEAE ).

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

    The adult moths have brown forewings each with one or more dark spots near the middle. The hindwings are brown, darkening toward the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

    The species has been found in Australia in:

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia III: The Barea Group and Unplaced Genera (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 8,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2000, pp. 428-429, 431-433.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Tineina,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 30 (1906), p. 50.

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    (written 3 December 2018, updated 24 January 2021)