Garrha rubella
Garrha rubella is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Turner in 1938.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[2]
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The wingspan is 30–32 mm. The forewings are pale pink (slightly inclined to rosy-purple) or greyish-pink. The costa is narrowly pink, the extreme edge whitish. The markings are inconspicuous are fuscous or partly reddish. The first discal is found at one-third, the plical beyond it and the second discal before two-thirds. There is a line of minute dots from the mid-costa obliquely outwards, sharply angled midway between the second discal and the apex, then curved inwards to the tornus. There is a terminal series of dots. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish, slightly suffused with grey, except near the base.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha rubella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018. Note: This source has 1939 as the year of description in the text but 1938 on the card.
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- Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania 1938 : 92