Heliocosma rhodopnoana Meyrick, 1881
HELIOCOSMA Group,   TORTRICOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Heliocosma rhodopnoana
(Photo: courtesy of Reiner Richter, Mooralla, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have pink forewings, each with a variety of brown-edged white bands. The hindwings are pale silvery brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in :

  • Victoria, and
  • Westrn Australia.


    Further reading

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VI. Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 694-695, No. 1.


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    (written 23 December 2018, updated 26 November 2023)