ERIOCOTTIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph, digitally repaired)
The adult moths of this species are brown with a dark streak at the base, and a two-tone spot near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown. The thorax has two reddish hair tufts. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptons of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 25 (1901), p. 98.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 4 April 2017)