Limnaecia tetraplanetis (Meyrick, 1897) (one synonym : Macrobathra tetraplanetis Meyrick, 1886) COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are black with white heads and with four large white spots on each forewing. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species occurs in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera: XVII: Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), p. 367, No. 128.

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(written 3 February 2013)