Oxysemaphora hacobiani Horak, 2006 OLETHREUTINI,   OLETHREUTINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that each have a complex brown pattern including a triangular dark brown mark with a white outline on the hind margin. The males and females have slightly different forewing patterns. The hindwings are plain brown, fading toward the bases. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

Western Australia.

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Further Reading

Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera series. Vol. 10,
CSIRO Publishing, 2006, pp. 1, 80-89.

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(updated 21 January 2013, 30 march 2016)