(formerly known as Cryptolechia reversella) XYLORYCTIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Con Boekel,
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species have a white head and body, and white wings which each have variable brown streaky markings. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), p. 752, No. 121.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 15 January 2024)