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Prionocris complanula

Prionocris complanula

Description:

About 14mm long; pinkish tones under flash; pale tan with no flash.

Habitat:

On the wall of the local primary school at night.

Notes:

superfamily: GELECHIOIDEA family: OECOPHORIDAE subfamily: OECOPHORINAE supertribe: Wingia group tribe: Wingia Subgroup 11 genus: Prionocris .... Thanks SS. So it's actually another Wingia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Prionocris...

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3 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks SS. After finding a few more Gharra and Prionocris to compare. I'm going with that name for this one.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Interesting one Stephen. The known range is possibly out for us. Have to stick with G.demotica for now.

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

I was researching my own Garrha and found this http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Mar 2, 2013
Submitted on Mar 3, 2013

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