(one synonym : Glyphipteryx receptella Walker, 1864) COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
These Caterpillars have been found boring into :
The adult moths have yellow forewings each with black wingtips, and a large brown area at the base containing thin metallic blue streaks. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Australian Moths,
Jacaranda Press, Brisbane (1963), figure 127, p. 58.
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press (1990), pl. 5.12, p. 255.
Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), p. 823-824, Genus 118, No. 1.
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(updated 21 August 2012, 8 November 2022)