Garrha atoecha

Garrha atoecha is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1886.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.[2]

Garrha atoecha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Garrha
Species:
G. atoecha
Binomial name
Garrha atoecha
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Heliocausta atoecha Meyrick, 1886
  • Hoplitica eoxantha Turner, 1896
  • Hoplitica habroptera Lower, 1900
  • Machimia loxomita Turner, 1946

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish, thickly irrorated with red scales. The costal edge is red, the extreme edge whitish. The markings are purplish-fuscous and indistinct. There is a discal dot at two-fifths, and a second at four-fifths, as well as three indistinctly suffused transverse lines, all partially obsolete, first at one-fifth, second just posterior to the first and the third through the second dot, distinct on the costa. A fourth line runs parallel to the hindmargin and is indistinct towards the costa. There is a row of suffused dots along the hindmargin. The hindwings are yellow.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha atoecha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. Garrha at funet
  3. Exotic Microlep. 2 (12): 375


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