(formerly known as Tinea teleochra) PALAEPHATIDAE, PALAEPHATOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The forewings of the adult moth of this species are yellowish-brown. The hindwings are off-white. The head and thorax are yellow. The abdomen is grey. The wingspan is about 1.2 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVI Tineidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7, Part 4 (1892), pp. 546-547, No. 103.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 22 April 2019)