(one synonym is Atribasta fulvifusa Turner, 1916) PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald,
Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
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 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
The name Philobota hydara 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. 266, 269-270, 272, 280.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. X,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 8, Number 4 (1884), pp. 473, 494-495 No. 211.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 41 (1916), p. 348.
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(written 29 November 2018, updated 6 November 2019, 22 January 2021, 10 January 2022)