| (formerly known as Eulechria phaeomochla) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Pete Woodall,
O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory)
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| (formerly known as Eulechria phaeomochla) BAREA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Pete Woodall,
O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory)
The moths of this species have off-white forewings, each stippled with dark brown, and with three irregular bands of dark brown. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.
The species is found in Australia, including:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia III:
The Barea Group and Unplaced Genera (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 8,
CSIRO Publishing, 2000, p. 169.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae: VII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 63 (1938), p. 43, No. 800.
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(written 14 November 2019, updated 7 January 2021)