Paramorpha semotheta Meyrick, 1910 CARPOSINIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with dark brown markings including dots around the edges, and a long spot near the middle. The hindwings are white. The body is orange, but covered in white hair. It has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), pp. 154-155, No. 20.

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(written 2 June 2019)