Barea zygophora (Turner, 1889)
 (formerly known as Phloeopola zygophora)
BAREA GROUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Barea zygophora
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Anglesea, Victoria)

The moths of this species have speckled off-white forewings, each with three or four dark brown or black transverse often fractured zig-zag bands. The hindwings are off-white shading to brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, 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, p. 170.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XV: Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 3, Part 4 (1889), p. 1592, No. 614 (139a).

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    (written 15 January 2017, updated 23 September 2025)