OTHER OECOPHORINAE OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Merimbula, New South Wales)
The adult moth of this species has pale yellow forewings, each with variable brown streaks and markings at the margin. The hindwings are darker yellow shading to brown along the costas. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia III:
The Barea Group and Unplaced Genera (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 8,
CSIRO Publishing, 2000, pp. 380, 382-384, 389.
Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren,
Lepidoptera, Entomoloiska Bidrag,
Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring Jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin Åren 1851–1853,
Volume 2, Zoologi, 1 Insecta (1861), p. 387, No. 80.
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(written 26 October 2018, updated 24 January 2021)