Progonica rhothias (Meyrick, 1906) (previously known as Hypertropha rhothias) HYPERTROPHIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has pale grey-brown speckled forewings each with broad dark brown markings. The hindwings are dark brown shading to orange at the tornus. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in eastern Australia, including:

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Tineina,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 30 (1906), p. 51-52.

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(updated 22 April 2009, 28 March 2019)