| (formerly known as Ocystola idiosticha) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings each with a black line along the margin, and a parallel black submarginal line, and a black line along much of the costa. The hindwings are pale brown with a dark fuzzy subcostal line. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in :
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. 56.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 17 (1941), p. 63.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 26 November 2022)