| OTHER OECOPHORINAE OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| OTHER OECOPHORINAE OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has grey speckled forewings, each with a variable dark complex pattern at the base and around the margin. The hindwings are fawn, darkening toward the wing-tips. The moth has a wing span of 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, p. 419-420, 423.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XV. Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 3 , Number 4 (1889), p. 1575, No. 588.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 24 January 2021, updated 2 May 2021)