Macrobathra baliomitra Turner, 1932 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have black forewings, each with three partial white bands. The hindwings are grey The face is white, but the head and collar are black. The sides of the prothorax are white, but the rest of the thorax is black. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The species has been found in :

Victoria.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. I,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 57 (1932), p. 270, No. 53.

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(written 22 April 2021)