Pilostibes serpta T.P. Lucas, 1901
 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia)

This moth has brown forewings, each with a pale streak along part of the costa which ends halfway in a weird broad white transverse band containing two big brown spots. The hindwings are plain grey. The head and most of the thorax are white. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.


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

This species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Thomas P. Lucas,
    Queensland Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 16 (1901), p. 84.

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    (written 10 September 2022)