Heteroteucha occidua
Species of moth
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Heteroteucha occidua is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is known in Australia from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Heteroteucha |
| Species: | H. occidua |
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| Heteroteucha occidua | |
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The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, sometimes irrorated (speckled) with carmine. There is a purplish-carmine dot in the disc before the middle, another on the fold slightly beyond it and a third in the disc beyond the middle. There is an erect purple-carmine streak from the anal angle, reaching half across the wing, as well as a purple-carmine streak along the hindmargin. The hindwings are grey-whitish, but greyer posteriorly.[2]
The larvae feed on the dead leaves of Eucalyptus mannifera and Eucalyptus bicostata. They live in silked dead leaves.
