| (previously known as Oecophora tentatella) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Oecophora tentatella) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings, each with a brown 'U' shaped mark at the tornus, and a brown band at the base. The hindwings are pale brown darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 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. 289-290.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects
in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29, British Museum, 1864, p. 685.
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(updated 1 November 2012, 19 January 2025)