GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have streaky patchy pale brown forewings, each with an off-white streak along the costa, and a dark area around the margin. The hindwings are translucent, with brown veins. The head, thorax, and abdomen are pale yellow. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
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), pp. 327-328, No. 110.
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(written 29 March 2019, updated 2 November 2023)