Zatrichodes horrifica Meyrick, 1922 STATHMOPODINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings with pale patches. The hindwing margins and the legs are heavily fringed with hairs. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in:

Queensland.

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Further reading:

Edward Meyrick,
Oecophoridę,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2, Part 16 (1922), p. 512.

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(updated 21 April 2011, 18 January 2015, 2 October 2020)