Symbolistis orophota Meyrick, 1904 GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of David Mules, Mallacoota, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings each with a dark brown patch at the middle of the costa. The hindwings are off-white, shading to brown at the wingtips. The hindwing margins are recurved near the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII: Gelechiadae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), p. 414, No. 240.

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(written 4 September 2024)