Thema holoxesta (Meyrick, 1889)
Snowy Thema
 (previously known as Pleurota holoxesta)
CHEZALA GOUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Thema holoxesta
(Photo: courtesy of Jan Heywood, Chiltern, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings, each with a short narrow black line along the costa by the base. The hindwings are grey. The labial palps are white and very hairy. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    This species is superficially similar to Zacorus carus, but Zacorus carus has short hairs on dark labial palps, but has white very hairy legs.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XV. Oecophoriidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    New Series, Volume 3, Part 4 (1889), p. 1652, No. 699 (299a)

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    (written 29 October 2017, updated 14 October 2024)