Aeoloscelis hipparcha Meyrick, 1897 STATHMOPODINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (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 yellow forewings each with a dark brown stripe along the basal half of the costa, a brown patch along the margin, and two brown patches on the hind-margin. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), pp. 328-329, No. 60.

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(written 29 June 2019)