Acraephnes litodes (Turner, 1947) (formerly known as Thudaca litodes) HYPERTROPHIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

This adult moth has wings that are white with a greenish tinge. The tornus of each wing is so smoothly curved as to be nearly indiscernible. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. XIV,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 72 (1947), p. 153, No. 2237.

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(written 13 October 2014)