(Formerly known as Cryptolechia scopariella) CHEZALA GOUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern,
Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
The Caterpillar of this species has been found among the dead leaves of a:
The adult moth has off-white forewings with a pattern of short brown or grey streaks. The hindwings are plain grey. The moth has a wing span of about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
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, pp. 188-191, 193.
Francis Walker,
Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), p. 765-766, No. 148.
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(written 13 November 2018, updated 6 July 2021, 10 January 2022)