Eremnotypa steriphota (Meyrick, 1914) (one synonym is Eulechria eutheta Turner, 1916) WINGIA GOUP OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Jindabyne, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with dark brown markings, including a band around the base, a band along the margin, and two bent 'V' shaped bands. When the moth is at rest, these join visually to form the shape of a skull.

(Photo: courtesy of Ian Baird, O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory)

The hindwings are pale brown, fading to white at the bases. The moth has a white head with a dark brown band across the thorax. The wingspan is about 1.4 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Victoria.

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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. 163-164, 166.

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1, Part 6 (1914), p. 163.

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(written 19 February 2019, updated 8 November 2019)