(one synonym : Antiopala moderata Turner, 1944) XYLORYCTIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has white forewings with brown markings. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the wingtips and have dark veins and recurved wingtips. The wingspan is up to 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia 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) p. 257.
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia III:
The Barea Group and Unplaced Genera (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 8,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne (2000) p. 207.
Ian McMillan,
Zaphanaula,
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
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(written 8 October 2014, updated 12 July 2019, 13 September 2020)