Leistarcha amphigramma (Meyrick, 1915)
 (previously known as Cryptolechia amphigramma)
XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Leistarcha amphigramma
(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.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

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

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    (written 30 September 2012, updated 7 April 2026)