Macrobathra harmostis Meyrick, 1889
 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Macrobathra harmostis
(Photo: courtesy of Arjay, Charleys Forest, New South Wales)

The adult moths have black forewings each with a yellow-edged white band and two off-white patches on the costa. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the wingtips. The head and thorax are brown. The distal halves of the antennae are off-white. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera XV Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 3, Number 4 (1889), p. 1678, No. 752.

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    (written 6 March 2023)