(formerly known as Gelechia desmanthes ) PEXICOPIINAE, 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 dark brown forewings, each crossed by three 0ff-white bands. The hindwings are fawn, with recurved wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Lepidoptera: with a note on Deilephila livornica, Esp.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 23 (1898), p. 51.
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(written 5 September 2024)