(formerly known as Arotria iophaea) DICHOMERINAE, GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with a dark margin, several dark spots, and a pale subcostal streak. The hindwings are pale brown. The fore and hind wings each have a concave costa. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.
The species has been found 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. 387, No. 203.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 29 March 2019)