![]() | XYLORYCTIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (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.
This species has been found in
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)