Copromorpha lichenitis (Turner, 1916) (previously known as Trychnostola lichenitis) COPROMORPHIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Rebecca Stroud, Bli Bli, Queensland)

The adult moths have green forewings speckled with brown, each with a broad vague pale area in the middle. The hindwings are fawn. The green colour fades to brown in dead specimens. The wingspan is about 2.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading:

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the family Tortricidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 40 (1916), pp. 502-503.

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(written 24 July 2019, updated 19 January 2022)