Microsarotis sanderyi Komai & Horak, 2006
GRAPHOLITINI,   OLETHREUTINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Microsarotis sanderyi
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have grey-brown forewings that each have a radial series of black and white stripes near the margin. The hindwings are plain fawn. The wingspan is about 0.9 cm.

The species occurs in Australia in:

  • Queensland.


    Further Reading

    Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
    Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera series. Vol. 10,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2006, p. 458.


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    (written 27 January 2013)