Aeoloscelis pachyceros Turner, 1941 STATHMOPODINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings each with some pale brown patches. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Heliodinidae (Lepidoptera),
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 65 (1941), pp. 18-19, No. 38.

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(written 30 June 2019, updated 8 January 2023)