(previously known as Leuroscelis coracopis) SCYTHRIDIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarker,
Queanbeyan, New South Wales)
The adult moths have forewings which are dark brown each with a white stripe extending from the base to wing-tip. The hindwings are dark brown. The antennae are brown with a white section. The moths only have a wingspan of about 1 cm.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New and little known Tasmanian Lepidoptera. Part II,
courtesy of the
Library Open Repository, University of Tasmania Library,
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania,
1926, p. 155.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 20 May 2024)