Phryganeutis cinerea Meyrick, 1884
 (one synonym : Pleurota leuconeura Turner, 1917)
CHEZALA GOUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Phryganeutis cinerea
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

This adult moth has fawn striped or speckled forewings. The hindwings are white shading to pale brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further Reading:

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia II: The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
    CSIRO Publishing, 1997, pp. 16, 193, 195, 197, 198.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera XI Oecophoridae (continued),
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume IX (1884), p. 742.

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    (updated 1 November 2012, 25 October 2018)