Lichenaula callispora Turner, 1904
 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Lichenaula callispora
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings, each with a number of vague black patches. The hindwings are a shiny pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species is found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading:

    Ian McMillan,
    Lichenaula callispora, Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
    Blog, Tuesday, July 20, 2010.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic notes and other notes,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 28 (1904), p. 245.

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    (written 30 September 2012, updated 10 July 2019, 15 September 2020)