Heliocosma anthodes Meyrick, 1910
 HELIOCOSMA Group,   TORTRICOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Heliocosma anthodes
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings, each with markings that include a white band with brown along one edge and pink along the other, and with pink along the wing margin and the costa. The legs, thorax, head and labial palps are all covered in pink hair. The hindwings are pale silvery brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in Australia in :

  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 35 (1910), pp. 158-159, No. 26.

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    (written 23 April 2017, updated 30 July 2019, 13 April 2021)