Garrha limbata

Garrha limbata is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia.

Garrha limbata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Garrha
Species:
G. limbata
Binomial name
Garrha limbata
(Meyrick, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Heliocausta limbata Meyrick, 1883

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are reddish fuscous with ochreous whitish scales and a dark fuscous dot in the disc before the middle, a second in the disc beyond the middle (connected with the first by a line of ochreous whitish scales) and a third on the fold. The hindwings are yellow, the apex and hindmargin broadly suffused with blackish grey.[1]

References

  1. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 7 (4) : 471 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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