Syntozyga anconia (Meyrick, 1911)
(one synonym : Epichorista pleurosema Turner, 1916)
 BACTRINI ,   OLETHREUTINAE ,   TORTRICIDAE

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

Syntozyga anconia
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moth has speckled grey forewings with a dark mark near each tornus. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species occurs in:

  • Queensland
    in Australia.

    Further reading:

    Alexey Diakonoff,
    The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae). 1973, Brill (Leiden). pp. 339-340, 514.

    Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai
    Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series, Volume 10, CSIRO Publishing, 2006, pp. 212-216.

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    (updated 16 September 2009)