Hemibela callista (Meyrick, 1885)
(previously known as Ocystola callista)
OECOPHORINAE ,   OECOPHORIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Hemibela callista
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with an orange fringe of hairs along the margin. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 22.5, p. 224.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 66.


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    (updated 25 October 2010)