Mesophleps crocina (Meyrick, 1904) (formerly known as Nothris crocina) ANACAMPSINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Aiden Turner, Sunbury, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings with several dark dots, and a dark line along the costa broken by a postmedial jagged white line. The hindwings are uniformly brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVIII Gelechiadae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), p. 423, No. 253.

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(written 24 June 2024, updated 2 February 2026)