Brachynemata restricta (Turner, 1889)
 (formerly known as Machimia restricta)
WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Brachynemata restricta
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with some dark brown spots, including an arc around the margin. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland, 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. 134-135, 173.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 2, p. 310.

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    (written 15 January 2017, updated 16 September 2020)