(one synonym is Hoplitica coenosa Meyrick, 883) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMasters, Mount Mellum, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has variable brown forewings, each often with two or more dark wandering transverse lines, a dark spot near the middle, and some dark spots along the margin. The hindwings are brown fading to white at the bases. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been 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, Melbourne 1994, pp. 282, 347, 358-360.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VIII. Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 7, Part 4 (1883), pp. 468, 470-471, No. 36.
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(written 19 February 2019, updated 2 November 2020)