Otonoma anemois Meyrick, 1897
 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Otonoma anemois
(Photo: courtesy of Larney Grenfell, Witta, Queensland)

The adult moths have dark brown forewings which each have a complex pattern of white patches. The hindwings are pale greyish brown. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII: Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), p. 358, No. 113.

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    (written 29 May 2026)