GELECHIINAE, GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The caterpillars of this species feed on:
The adult moths have dark brown forewings, with white and orange markings. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been reported in
as well as in Australia 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. 314.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(updated 2 May 2010, 29 March 2019)