(formerly known as Machimia cryptorrhoda) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings with extensive brown markings. The forewing tips have recurved points. The hindwings are off-white with brown veins. The head is white. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species may be found in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia I:
The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
CSIRO Publishing, 1994, pp. 66, 308, 314-317.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XIII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 70, Parts 3-4 (1946), p. 99.
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(written 23 January 2022)