Ethirastis sideraula (Meyrick, 1915)
(formerly known as Pyroderces sideraula)
STATHMOPODINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ethirastis sideraula
(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 brown markings including two brown stripes from base to margin. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Tortricidae
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1 (1915), pp. 315-316.


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    (written 30 June 2019)