| (formerly known as Saropla hyperocha) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
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| (formerly known as Saropla hyperocha) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
The adult moth of this species has dark brown forewings, each with a white costa, a white dogleg streak along the middle of the wing, and a white 'V' on the margin. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the wingtips. The head is white, and the thorax white with dark brown sides. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
The wingshapes, patterns, and habitus posture suggest that this species has affinities with the genus Thema in the CHEZELA GROUP.
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, pp. 53, 59-61.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XI. Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 9, Part 3 (1884), p. 744-745, No. 280.
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(written 20 February 2019, updated 22 April 2024)