Eupoecilia acrographa (Turner, 1916)
 (formerly known as Capua acrographa)
COCHYLINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has pale brown forewings, each with four white transverse bands, and variable dark markings on the hind-margin, and on the margin. The hindwings are off-white with brown veins. The hindwings have concave margins. The wingspan is about 1.2 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera of the family Tortricidae,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 40 (1916), p. 508.

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    (written 19 June 2019)