Snellenia miltocrossa Turner, 1923
 STATHMOPODINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Sheldon, Queensland)

These adult moths sometimes have brown forewings with black areas around the margins. Some have dark brown forewings with a yellow costa The hindwings are black with brown bases. The thorax is brown, and the abdomen is black. The antennae have filamentous tips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.


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

The species is found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


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

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Microlepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
    Volume 36 (1923), p. 81.

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    (written 10 December 2023)