DEPRESSARIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Marriott, Riddell's Creek, Victoria)
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings each with angular black and brown markings, including a set of chevrons around the margins. The hindwings are off-white. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
The lack of correspondence between the specimens in the photographs here, and between them and with Meyrick's description is perplexing.
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Oecophoridae
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1 (1914), p. 225.
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(written 28 December 2016, updated 4 August 2019)