(previously known as Alypeta aclyta) GRAPHOLITINI, OLETHREUTINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has forewings that have a pale brown marginal half, and a dark brown basal half. The hindwings are white with brown veins. The wingspan is about 1.4 cms.
The species occurs in Australia in:
Further reading:
Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera series. Vol. 10,
CSIRO Publishing, updated 2011, pp. 428-430.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the family Tortricidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 40 (1916), pp. 529-530.
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(written 18 October 2012, updated 2 July 2019)