GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
D.P. Rees,
Harrison, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species have pale grey forewings each with dark streaks and two ragged tufted black and yellow patches. The hindwings are a shiny pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.2 cm.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII: Gelechiadae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), p. 413, No. 439.
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(written 27 March 2022, updated 28 December 2023)