| (formerly known as Oegoconia isthmodes) XYLORYCTIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (formerly known as Oegoconia isthmodes) XYLORYCTIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with a dark brown markings including around the base, two jagged, sometimes broken, transverse bars, and along the margin, including a dark brown tuft of cilia at the tornus. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan of the moths is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading :
Ian McMillan,
Leptobelistis,
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Thursday, July 22, 2010.
Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2 (1922), pp. 506-507.
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(written 13 January 2019, updated 12 September 2020)