Leistarcha tenuistria (Turner, 1935)
 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Leistarcha tenuistria
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings with brown streaks. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Ian McMillan,
    Leistarcha,
    Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
    Blog, Monday, July 26, 2010.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IV.,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 60 (1935), p. 330, No. 392.

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    (written 13 April 2015, updated 10 July 2019)