(also known as Orthoptila abruptella) CHELARIINAE, GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with two large white patches. At rest, a tuft of scales is erected behind the thorax. The head is black and the thorax is white. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 30 (1864), p. 1032.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(updated 22 March 2011, 11 January 2017, 29 March 2019, 23 October 2020)