![]() | XYLORYCTIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke, Mapleton, Queensland)
This moth is pale brown with a large dark brown comma mark near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings each have a dark smudge near the tornus. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
This species ocuurs in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera, Part I, Xyloryctidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 13 (1890), p. 27, No. 2.
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(written 11 November 2016, updated 12 July 2019, 16 September 2020)