Philobota ES2 PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

female
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

The female adult moth of this species has small narrow wings, and cannot fly. It is brown, with a vague white streak and a vague black streak along each forewing. It normally walks, and when harrassed: it runs. Its length is about 1 cm. Its wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

female
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

The male has pale brown forewings, each with dark speckles and a a long pale sub-costal area.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The species seems to have been found in

South Australia.

female, underside
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

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(written 3 November 2018, updated 3 July 2022)