Phauloplana xiphomorpha (Turner, 1940) (formerly known as Ocystola xiphomorpha) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moth of this species has yellow forewings, each with a thin dark brown streak along the costa, and a thick dark brown streak along the hind-margin. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the wingtips. The head is yellow, and the thorax dark brown. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IX,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 65 (1940), p. 434, No. 1155.

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(written 26 February 2019)