Lichenaula ignota Lower, 1898 XYLORYCTIDAE,   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 off-white forewings, each with a patchy stippled pattern of brown dots. The hindwings are off-white. The wingspan of the moths 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

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Lichenaula ignota,
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

A. Jefferis Turner,
The Xyloryctidae of Queensland,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 4 (1898), p. 21, No. 60.

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(written 7 January 2019, updated 12 September 2020)