| (one synonym: Heliocausta phylarcha Meyrick, 1883) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Bournda, New South Wales)
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| (one synonym: Heliocausta phylarcha Meyrick, 1883) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Bournda, New South Wales)
The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings, each with various dark markings including a dark comma shape near the middle of the wing. The hindwings are a golde colour with brown margins. The forewing costal edge, and the legs, have tinges of crimson. The abdomen has alternate bands of orange and dark brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in :
A suitable genus for this species yet to be chosen.
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. 371.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VIII. Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales Series 2,
Series 1, Volume 7, Number 4 (1883), pp. 476-477, No. 42.
Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects
in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), pp. 753-754, No. 124.
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(written 2 November 2021)