| (previously known as Heliocausta idiosema) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Baird,
O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory)
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| (previously known as Heliocausta idiosema) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Baird,
O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory)
The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on the dead leaves of
The adult moth has pale yellow forewings which each have brown markings including three overlapping brown circles along the hind margin.. The hindwings are off-white darkening toward the margins. The antennae are noticeably banded. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in Australia 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, Melbourne 1994, pp. 298, 300.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 41 (1017), p. 113.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 6 October 2018, updated 27 January 2021)