Scolioplecta comptana (Walker, 1863)
 (formerly known as Sciaphila comptana)
PHRICANTHINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Scolioplecta comptana
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Mallacoota, Victoria)

This adult moth has wings that are dark brown, with various markings including several vague broad ragged white bars across each forewing. The hindwings are orange, shading to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Scolioplecta comptana
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Mallacoota, Victoria)

The species has been found in :

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

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

    Further reading

    Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
    Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
    Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), p. 60.

    Francis Walker,
    Tortricites & Tineites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 28 (1863), p. 353, No. 66.

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    (written 30 January 2017, updated 9 July 2019, 26 September 2020)