Microlocha anacampta (Meyrick, 1913)
(formerly known as Coesyra anacampta)
OTHER OECOPHORINAE
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The moths of this species have pale brown forewings, each with a dark brown speckles along the costa, and a large dark patch with a darker edge, on the margin. The hindwings are pale brown shading darker at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Tortricidae
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1, Part 4 (1913), pp. 118-119.


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    (written 2 December 2018)