Garrha rufimaculella

Garrha rufimaculella is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Turner in 1896.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Garrha rufimaculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Garrha
Species:
G. rufimaculella
Binomial name
Garrha rufimaculella
(Turner, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Hoplitica rufimaculella Turner, 1896

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are pinkish-ochreous, with scattered scales of a deeper pink forming indistinct markings and a dot in the disc before the middle, a second beyond the middle and a faintly indicated line from the middle of the costa obliquely outwards, sharply bent in the disc at five sixths, and continued parallel to the hindmargin to the inner-margin before the anal angle. There are many faint pink dots along the hindmargin, and in the disc showing a tendency to form anterior and median lines. The hindwings are whitish, tinged with grey towards the hindmargin.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha rufimaculella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. Garrha at funet
  3. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 20 : 7


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