Brachynemata cingulata Meyrick, 1885
 WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Brachynemata cingulata
(Photo: courtesy of Stephen Williams, Eppalock, Victoria)

The Caterpillars of this species probably feed on dead leaves still on their twigs of various species of Gum Trees (MYRTACEAE).

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

The adult moths have white forewings, each with a postmedial black arc, and a black margin. The hindwings are white shading to pale brown at the wing-tips.. The head, labial palps, and prothorax are white. The rest of the thorax is black. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. 132, 134, 135, 143.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XII. Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 9, Number 4 (1885), pp. 1045-1046, No. 349.

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    (written 31 July 2025)