Leptozestis ecstatica (Meyrick, 1897)
 (formerly known as Syntomactis ecstatica)
CHRYSOPELEIINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Leptozestis ecstatica
(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Queanbeyan, New South Wales)

The adult moths have black forewings which each pale stripes along the costa, a pale patch at the base, and a pale patch halfway along the hind-margin. The hindwings are pale brown. The head and thorax are off-white. Some of the scales can be erected on the forewing into tufts. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII: Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), p. 386, No. 160.

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    (written 30 May 2025)