(one synonym is Eupselia trithrona Meyrick, 1906) HYPERTROPHIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has forewings that are dark brown with a purple sheen, and that each have two irregular cream transverse bars. The hindwings are cream shading to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Descriptions of new Microlepidoptera from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 22 (1898), p. 204.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Tineina,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 30 (1906) p. 39.
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(written 3 September 2018)