(formerly known as Syntomactis toreutica) COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(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.
The species has been found in :
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)