Leistarcha amphigramma (Meyrick, 1915) (previously known as Cryptolechia amphigramma) XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings, each with a number of incomplete brown lines from base to margin. The hindwings are a shiny pale brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species is found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Leistarcha, Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Monday, July 26, 2010.

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(written 30 September 2012, updated 10 July 2019)