Phaeotypa

Phaeotypa is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Phaeotypa stenochorda, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are brown-whitish sprinkled and suffused with fuscous-brown and with fuscous dots on the costa at the base, one-fifth, the middle, and three or four between this and the apex. There is a narrow fuscous-brown bar from the base along the fold to two-fifths and two suffused fuscous-brown spots beneath the costa beyond the middle, and a third at the apex, these may be confluent. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]