Macrobathra heminephela Meyrick, 1886
 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Macrobathra heminephela
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The Caterpillars of this species appear to feed exclusively on

  • Silver Wattle ( Acacia dealbata MIMOSACEAE ).

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

    The adult moths have dark brown forewings, each with bold cream patches, including an elongated cream triangle on the costa. The hindwings are dark brown with yellow fringes with dark tips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

    The species has been reported in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera: XII: Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 10, Part 4 (1886), p. 806, No. 483.

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    (updated 21 August 2012, 13 December 2025)