Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Fig Moth, And, Report on the Fig Moth in Smyrna
Fore - wings narrow, especially at the base, costa less arched than in the preced ing species [ficulella Barn]. Costal lappet with a broad tuft of scales. Fore wings pale fuscous with a yellowish tinge, scales large and coarse, and easily rubbed off. First transverse line at one-third the length of the wing, fuscous, ill-defined, straight, and very slightly oblique. Second line parallel with the hind margin, pale. Faintly edged with fuscous, often nearly obsolete. Usual two dots on the disc oblique, fuscous, hardly discernible, cilia yellowish fuscous. Hind-wings white, with scattered fuscous scales, and a faint brown margin, cilia white. Male with one ochreous tuft at the base. Head, antennae, palpi, thorax and abdomen yellowish fuscous. Antennae simple beyond the thick basal joint.
The wing expanse is from 14 to 20 millimeters. Distribution.
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