Garrha atripunctatella

Garrha atripunctatella 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] and New South Wales.

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

The wingspan is 19–22 mm. The forewings are pale pinkish-grey with jet-black markings. There is a discal dot before the middle, a second beyond the middle, a third on the fold obliquely beyond the first and a row of dots from the costa before the middle obliquely outwards, sharply bent in the disc at five-sixths, and continued to the hindmargin before the anal angle. There is also a very variable number of dots or scattered black scales in the disc and a row of black dots along the apical third of the costa and from the hindmargin to the anal angle. The hindwings are whitish, the apex and hindmargin sometimes pale-fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on the dead leaves of Eucalyptus signata. They construct a case from two oval pieces of a dead leaf of the host plant joined with silk.[4]

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


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