| (formerly known as Lozostoma protodoxa) HIEROXESTINAE, TINEIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Morwell National Park, Victoria)
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| (formerly known as Lozostoma protodoxa) HIEROXESTINAE, TINEIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Morwell National Park, Victoria)
This adult moth has pale yellow forewings each with a broad black-edged pale brown area along the margin, and a dark streak along part of the costa. The hindwings are plain pale brown darkening towards the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Gaden S. Robinson & Ebbe S. Nielsen,
Tineid Genera of Australia,
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), p. 418, No. 231.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 27 January 2017, updated 14 August 2019, 1 October 2020)