Philobota strigatella (Donovan, 1803)
 (formerly known as Tinea strigatella)
PHILOBOTA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Philobota strigatella
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Yuraygir National Park, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has brown wings. The forewings each have a bent yellow streak. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Philobota strigatella

Philobota strigatella
(Photos: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Philobota strigatella
    drawing by Edward Donovan, listed as Tinea strigatella    ,
    An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects, General Illustration of Entomology, Plate 40, fig. XX, p. 178,
    courtesy of Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum

    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. 288.

    Edward Donovan,
    General Illustration of Entomology,
    An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and other Islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans,
    London (1803), Part 1, p. 180, and also Plate on p. 178.

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    (written 15 March 2015, updated 18 October 2018, 10 January 2022)