| (one synonym : Eulechria fulvitincta Turner, 1938) OTHER OECOPHORINAE OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species are brown with two vague pale streaks along each forewing. The hindwings are pale plain brown. All four wings have pointed wingtips, and no obvious tornus. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
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. 370, 372-374, 389.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XIV,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 72 (1947), p. 144, No. 2149.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 27 October 2018, updated 22 January 2021)