Technitis desmotana (Meyrick, 1881) (formerly known as Cacoecia desmotana) ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Susan Wishart, Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory)

This adult moth is white with six partly joined dark brown bands across each forewing. the hindwings are dull yellow. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

Australian Capital Territory.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. V. Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 506-507, No. 23.

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(written 27 March 2018, updated 9 July 2019)