(one synonym : Xerometra centrothetis Meyrick, 1904) ANACAMPSINAE, GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CBG Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
These adult moths have yellow forewings, each with three dark spots. The hindwings are a streaky fawn colour. The wingspan is about 1.5 cm.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 25 (1900), p. 418.
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(written 4 September 2024)