| (previously known as Acroclyta hortaria) EUCOSMINI, OLETHREUTINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Todd Burrows, South Stradbroke Island)
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| (previously known as Acroclyta hortaria) EUCOSMINI, OLETHREUTINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Todd Burrows, South Stradbroke Island)
These Caterpillars are yellow with a greenish tinge, and have a black head. They live in a shelter made from a rolled leaf of a foodplant. They have been found feeding on:
The pupa is formed in a silk cocoon in the shelter.
The adult moth of this species has forewings that have a brown pattern including a large irregular dark brown bar from the wingtip to the hind margin. The forewings each have a recurved apex. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 2 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, Volume 10,
CSIRO Publishing, 2006.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 36, Part 2 (1911), pp. 241-242, No. 336.
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(updated 24 July 2011, 3 July 2019)