Macrobathra sarcoleuca Meyrick, 1915
 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Macrobathra sarcoleuca
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

These adult moths have black forewings with bold white bands and patches. The hindwings are brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Macrobathra sarcoleuca
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species occurs in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1 (1915), p. 296.

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    (written 7 February 2013, updated 25 May 2021)