Clarana atristrigana (Meyrick, 1881)
 (formerly known as Dichelia atristrigana)
ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Clarana atristrigana
(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Jerrabomberra, New South Wales)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with variable dark markings including a dark patch by the base, and a jagged dark arc curving sometimes from costa to hind-margin back to the costa. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VI: Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 475-476, No. 7.

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    (written 25 May 2024)