| (one synonym is Enchoptila idiopis Turner, 1914) ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (one synonym is Enchoptila idiopis Turner, 1914) ROESLERSTAMMIIDAE, 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 brown forewings, each with a vivid black dot on the wingtip, and a large white 'V' on the hindmargin. When the wings are closed, the 'V' shapes form a square. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the wingtips. The antennae are longer than the forewings. The wingspan of the moths is about 1.5 cms.
The species occurs in Australia 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), p. 594, No. 174.
A. Jefferis Turner,
The Lepidoptera of Ebor Scrub, N.S.W.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 39 (1914), p. 555.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 25 December 2018)