Heteroteucha occidua

Heteroteucha occidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Heteroteucha
Species:	H. occidua
Binomial name
Heteroteucha occidua (Meyrick , 1884)[1]
Synonyms
Philobota occidua Meyrick, 1884

Heteroteucha occidua is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is known in Australia from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.

The wingspan is 13-15 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, sometimes irrorated (speckled) with carmine. There is a purplish-carmine dot in the disc before the middle, another on the fold slightly beyond it and a third in the disc beyond the middle. There is an erect purple-carmine streak from the anal angle, reaching half across the wing, as well as a purple-carmine streak along the hindmargin. The hindwings are grey-whitish, but greyer posteriorly.^[2]

The larvae feed on the dead leaves of Eucalyptus mannifera and Eucalyptus bicostata. They live in silked dead leaves.

References

1. Australian Faunal Directory
2. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 8 (3) (4): 507