Habrochlanis fragilis (Meyrick, 1914)
 BAREA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species have off-white forewings, each with brown speckles, and a very short black line along the costa extending from the base. The hindwings are off-white, each with sub-costal dark stripe. The head and thorax are off-white. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    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, pp. 111, 118, 120-122.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Oecophoridae
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1 (1914), pp. 271-272.

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    (written 2 February 2022, updated 23 September 2025)