![]() | (one synonym is Ocystola embolistis Turner, 1917) PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with a pattern of scattered brown markings. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening along the costas. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.
The species has been found in
The name Philobota embologramma Group is applied to a set of related species in the genus Philobota which includes
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, pp. 226, 269, 276, 284-285.
A. Jefferis Turner,
A third contribution to a knowledge of the Lepidopterous fauna of Ebor Scrub, N.S.W.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 41 (1916), p. 258.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 41 (1917), p. 65.
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(written 29 November 2018, updated 6 December 2018)