Clerarcha dryinopa Meyrick, 1890 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Freshwater Creek, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has patchy brown forewings, each with vague pale streaks and dark spots. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the wingtips. The wingspan of the moths is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in Australia in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Clerarcha,
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Saturday, October 9, 2010.

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 13 (1890), p. 54, No. 49.

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(written 16 April 2024)