Compsotorna eccrita Turner, 1917 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has patchy brown forewings, each including a pale subcostal area, and a dark dumbbell near the middle. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the wingtips. The wingspan of the moths is about 3 cms.

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

The species occurs in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Compsotorna,
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Saturday, October 4, 2010.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidopterological Gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), p. 97.

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(written 7 January 2019)