HELIOCOSMA Group, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Doug Evans,
Sorrento, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species have fawn forewings, each with various markings including a pale curved diagonal band across the middle. The thorax has a erectable tuft of dark scales. The hindwings are pale silvery brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in :
Further reading
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of new Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1, Part 4 (1887), p. 1043.
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(written 23 December 2018, updated 29 November 2023)