Eclecta aurorella Meyrick, 1883
 DEPRESSARIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eclecta aurorella
(Photo: courtesy of John Lenagan, Bellbrae, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has red forewings each with a striking pattern including four white-edged brown chrevrons of various sizes and orientations. The hindwings are pale yellow. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Bass Strait, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera, VIII: Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 7, Part 4 (1883), pp. 445-446, No. 15.

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    (written 27 December 2018, updated 31 December 2022)