STATHMOPODINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Baird,
Melba, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths have pale brown forewings each with dark markings including a prominent dark spot at the middle of the hind margin and a dark line along the costa. The hindwings are plain off-white. Each wing has an extensive hairy fringe to the hind margin. The wingspan is about 1.2 cm.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), pp. 320-321, No. 41.
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(written 9 April 2022)