| (formerly known as Capua epipepla) ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland,
listed as Adoxophyes fasciculana)
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| (formerly known as Capua epipepla) ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland,
listed as Adoxophyes fasciculana)
The adult moth of this species has forewings that each have a slightly recurved costa. The forewings are pale brown with irregular variable broad dark brown bands across them. The hindwings are plain pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in:
Some taxonomists treat Adoxophyes epipepla as a synonym of Adoxophyes fasciculana (Walker, 1866) which occurs over much of south-east Asia.
Further reading
Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Tortricina,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), p. 318.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 213.
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(updated 11 October 2012, 2 March 2024)