(formerly known as Dolophrosyne balteata) STATHMOPODINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (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 pale markings including a pale circle two thirds along the wing. The hindwings are transparent with dark brown edges. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
John Hartley Durrant,
Three new genera of Tineina resembling Aegeriadae,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 26 (1919) p. 121.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 30 June 2019, updated 26 January 2024)