| (one synonym : Philobota hapala Meyrick, 1884) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
digitally repaired
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with a pattern of brown lines and spots. There is a black spot at the base, and tiny black streak running a little way along the costa. The hindwings are brown. The head is white, and the thorax yellowish. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species is native to Australia, occurring in:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia III:
The Barea Group and Unplaced Genera (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 8,
CSIRO Publishing, 2000, pp. 259-264.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XII Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 8 (1884), pp. 515, 517-518, No. 246.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 3 February 2022)