Leistarcha scitissimella (Walker, 1864)
 (previously known as Tigava iobola)
XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Leistarcha scitissimella
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species is off-white with brown streaky forewings. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Leistarcha scitissimella
(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.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 218.

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    (updated 19 April 2009, 10 July 2019, 10 September 2020)