Eochrois caminias (Meyrick, 1889)
 (formerly known as Philobota caminias)
WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eochrois caminias
(Photo: courtesy of Helen Wakefield, Perth, Western Australia)

The forewings of the adult moth of this species are orange with dark hairs along the margin. The hindwings are plain grey. The head and thorax are also orange. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further Reading:

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, p. 96.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XV: Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 3, Part 4 (1889), pp. 1624-1625, No. 666 (227a).

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    (written 19 February 2022, updated 1 October 2024)