Oxychirota paradoxa Meyrick, 1887 TINEODIDAE,   ALUCITOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Greg McCroary, Bundanoon, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have long rectangular brown-speckled wings. The legs and antennae are longer that the wing-length. The wingspan is about 1.1 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Greg McCroary, Bundanoon, New South Wales)

The species occurs in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1885, Part 4, pp. 438-439.

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(written 14 May 2019, updated 9 April 2021)