''Euchaetis rhizobola'' is a
moth of the family
Oecophoridae. It is found in
Australia
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, including
New South Wales,
Queensland, the
Australian Capital Territory,
Victoria,
South Australia and
Western Australia.
The
wingspan is 31–33 mm. The forewings are ferruginous, irrorated with very pale greyish-ochreous and with very pale greyish-ochreous ; markings and a rosy costal edge. There is a short streak along the base of the inner margin, forming a spot at the base and a moderate rather irregular-edged costal streak, rather broad at the base, emitting two irregular oblique wedge-shaped projections, at one-fourth and the middle, first running to the fold before middle, the second to a whitish dot in the disc at three-fifths. There are three ill-defined grey-whitish dots beneath the posterior half of the costal streak, almost confluent with it and there is a grey whitish submarginal line, becoming marginal on the lower half of the hindmargin and with the anterior edge waved. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged and with the apex more ochreous-yellowish, sometimes slightly rosy-tinged.
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 2 (4) : 937
References
Moths described in 1888
Euchaetis
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