(one synonym : Philobota eccleta Turner, 1944) Philobota mathematica Group, PHILOBOTA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern,
Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moth of this species has cream forewings which each have a pattern of dark brown spots and lines, including a dark brown line along the costa. The hindwings are pale brown The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further Reading:
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia II:
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
CSIRO Publishing, 1997, pp. 273, 277, 281.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera XV Oecophoridae (continued),
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 3 (1889), p. 1609.
Francis Walker,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae XII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 64 (1944), p. 260.
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(updated 1 November 2012, 31 December 2023)