Aproaerema isoscelixantha (Lower, 1897)
 (formerly known as Gelechia isoscelixantha)
ANACAMPSINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Aproaerema isoscelixantha
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Mirboo North, Victoria)

The adult moths have black speckled forewings each with a pale mark on the costa near the wingtip. The hindwings are fawn. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

Aproaerema isoscelixantha
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), p. 272.

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    (written 21 March 2008, updated 16 October 2018, 23 October 2020)