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

Leptozestis toreutica
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths have dark brown forewings which each a wide white band at the base, and two other partial off-white bands, and also several orange spots along the hind-margin, and some elevated tufts. The hindwings are pale fawn. The head and thorax are white. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII: Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), pp. 387-388, No. 163.


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    (written 23 February 2022)