Garrha mitescens
| Garrha mitescens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Garrha |
| Species: | G. mitescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Garrha mitescens (Meyrick, 1914) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Garrha mitescens is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and the Northern Territory.[2]
The wingspan is 16-21 mm. The forewings are ochreous suffusedly irrorated with grey, along the costa rosy-tinged. The stigmata is obscure, darker grey, the plical spot slightly beyond the first discal, both these sometimes almost obsolete. Sometimes, there is a irregular transverse series of several obscure spots of grey suffusion about one-third and halfway. There is an angulated series of obscure dark fuscous dots from two-third of the costa to the tornus and sometimes obscure dark fuscous dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light greyish-yellow-ochreous, sometimes greyer towards the apex and termen.[3]
The larvae probably feed on dead leaves of Eucalyptus species and probably construct a case from a dead leaf of the hostplant joined with silk.[4]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ↑ Garrha at funet
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 1 (6): 174
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia