Crypsicharis triplaca Lower, 1923
 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Sheldon, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are off-white with a brown U-shaped mark on the hind margin of each forewing. The hindwings are plain off-white. The head is white and the thorax is brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 47 (1923), p. 56.

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    (written 18 October 2023)