![]() | STATHMOPODIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The forewings of the adult moth of this species have brown forewings, with a metallic sheen, each with various scattered silver spots. The hindwings are bronze, darkening at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), p. 369, No. 132.
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(written 20 March 2019, updated 22 September 2023)