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 | |
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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]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ↑ Garrha at funet
- ↑ Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 20 : 7
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia