Tanaoctena ooptila Turner, 1913 GALACTICIDAE,   GALACTICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Roxanne Lazarus, Manly, New South Wales)

These adult moths have brown forewings each with variable dark markings, but always including at least one small dark round spot near the middle. The hindwings are pale brown darkening toward the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in the arid regions of Australia in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 38 (1913), p. 205.

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(written 18 September 2017, updated 30 December 2024)