Garrha gypsopyga

Garrha gypsopyga is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Turner in 1946.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

Garrha gypsopyga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Garrha
Species:
G. gypsopyga
Binomial name
Garrha gypsopyga
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Heliocausta gypsopyga Meyrick, 1914
  • Machimia brevicilia Turner, 1946

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated with brownish-crimson. The extreme costal edge is whitish and the stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical spot obliquely beyond the first discal spot and there are triangular costal and dorsal patches of crimson-greyish suffusion meeting on the second discal stigma. There is a curved dentate reddish-grey line near the termen and some grey dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light ochreous-yellowish, the termen suffusedly mixed with grey and the dorsum suffused with grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha gypsopyga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. Garrha at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (7): 220


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