Garrha atripunctatella

Garrha atripunctatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Garrha
Species: G. atripunctatella
Binomial name
Garrha atripunctatella
Turner, 1896
Synonyms
  • Hoplitica atripunctatella Turner, 1896

Garrha atripunctatella is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Turner in 1896.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland[2] and New South Wales.

The wingspan is 19-22 mm. The forewings are pale pinkish-grey with jet-black markings. There is a discal dot before the middle, a second beyond the middle, a third on the fold obliquely beyond the first and a row of dots from the costa before the middle obliquely outwards, sharply bent in the disc at five-sixths, and continued to the hindmargin before the anal angle. There is also a very variable number of dots or scattered black scales in the disc and a row of black dots along the apical third of the costa and from the hindmargin to the anal angle. The hindwings are whitish, the apex and hindmargin sometimes pale-fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on the dead leaves of Eucalyptus signata. They construct a case from two oval pieces of a dead leaf of the host plant joined with silk.[4]

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