Asthenoptycha craterana (Meyrick, 1881)
 EPITYMBIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Asthenoptycha craterana
(Photo: courtesy of James Duggan, Sandford, Tasmania)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are dark brown, each with several pale irregular transverse bands. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera: V Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 6 (1881), p. 464 No. 65.

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    (written 24 March 2022)