| (one synonym is Philobota pactolias Meyrick, 1913) Philobota arabella Group PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Wandiyali Images,
Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area,
New South Wales)
The forewings of the adult moth of this species have a yellow head, a dark brown thorax, and dark brown forewings, each with a bent yellow line from base to wingtip, and a narrow yellow streak along the costa. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further Reading:
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia II:
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
CSIRO Publishing, 1997, p. 287.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera: Part X,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 8, Part 4 (1884), p. 476, No. 181.
Edward Meyrick,
Oecophoridae
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1, Part 4 (1913), p. 124.
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(written 1 December 2017, updated 10 January 2023)