Eretmocera dioctis (Meyrick, 1886) (previously known as Castorura chrysias) SCYTHRIDIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Durack, Western Australia)

The adult moths have forewings which are dark brown with yellow blotches. The hindwings are yellow with a margin of long black hairs. The moth has an orange abdomen which has a tuft of yellow hairs on the tip. The moths only have a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of New Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1 (1886), pp. 1047-1048.

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(written 4 February 2017, updated 2 October 2020)