Doleromima hypoxantha (Lower, 1897) (previously known as Oecophora hypoxantha) DEPRESSARIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings with a few black dots. The hindwings are yellow with brown edges. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), p. 269.

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(updated 30 May 2010, 19 May 2021)