Acmosara polyxena Meyrick, 1887 HELIOCOSMA Group,   TORTRICOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (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.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

South Australia.

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

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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)