Philobota xiphostola Metrick, 1884
 (also known as Philobota phauloscopa)
OECOPHORINAE ,   OECOPHORIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne)

The adult moth of this species has white forewings, each with a brown costa.


(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Further Reading:

    Common, I.F.B.
    Oecophorine genera of Australia. II. The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae), Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 5 (1997) p.282.

    Meyrick, E.
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. X. Oecophoridae, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (1)8(4) (1884) p.472.

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    (updated 17 May 2011)