Carposina nesolocha Meyrick, 1910 Hakea Seed Moth CARPOSINIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Kimba882, Katanning, Western Australia)

The adult moth has pale brown forewings, with variable darker brown markings including a dark brown stripe along the costa. The hindwings are plain white. The moth has a wingspan of about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), p. 149, No. 11.

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(updated 28 February 2008, 20 February 2026)