(previously known as Xysmatodoma carlotta) PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings, each with two large yellow transverse bands. The hindwings are grey with yellow bases. The wingspan is about 1.4 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7, Part 4 (1893), pp. 501-502, No. 28.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 27 January 2019)