Hemibela spumifera (Turner, 1936)
(formerly known as Idiozancla spumifera)
WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings each crossed by two vague pale brown bands blending into a pale brown patch at the wingtip. The hindwings are pale brown shading darker at the wingtips. The head and thorax are white. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been reported in

  • Queensland.


    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. 190, 324, 329.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. V.,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 61 (1936), p. 316, No. 514.


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    (written 23 September 2024)