Acmosara polyxena Meyrick, 1887
HELIOCOSMA Group,   TORTRICOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Acmosara polyxena
(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.

Acmosara polyxena
(Photo: courtesy of Doug Evans, Sorrento, Victoria)

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

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


    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)