Epiphyas caryotis (Meyrick, 1910) (formerly known as Tortrix caryotis) ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Bronwyn King, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult female moth of this species has pale brown forewings, each with variable dark markings, sometimes including a dark dot near the middle, and a dark mark on the hind-margin near the tornus. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The male forewings each have a dark marginal half with a diagonal boundary. The male wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), pp. 227-228, No. 163.

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(written 18 May 2021)