| (one synonym is Eulechria aphanospila Turner, 1916) PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
These Caterpillars are thought to feed on dead leaves of
The adult moth has brown forewings, each with several variable vague pale and dark patches. The hindwings are pale brown darkening toward the wingtips. The head and thorax are brown, but covered in off-white scales. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in south-eastern Australia, including:
Further Reading:
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia II:
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
CSIRO Publishing, 1997, p. 325.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Descriptions of new Microlepidoptera from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 22 (1898), p. 206.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 41 (1916), p. 353.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 31 December 2018, updated 22 January 2021)