Tachystola stenoptera (Meyrick, 1884)
 (previously known as Coesyra stenoptera)
CHEZALA GOUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Tachystola stenoptera
(Photo: courtesy of Brian Cartwright, Adelaide Hills, South Australia)

This Caterpillar feeds on dead leaves of various

  • Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus species, MYRTACEAE ).

    The caterpillar lives in a shelter constructed by joining leaves with silk.

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

    The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings each with a broad black-edged brown margin. The hindwings are plain brown darkening at the wingtips.

    The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western 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. 81, 83-85.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XI. Oecophoridae (continued),
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 9, Part 3 (1884), p. 780.

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    (updated 18 April 2011, 25 October 2018, 6 July 2021)