Epiphyas fabricata (Meyrick, 1910)
 ARCHIPINI,   (formerly known as Tortrix fabricata)
TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Epiphyas fabricata
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Tarra-Bulga National Park, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with several vague pale irregular oblique bands. The hindwings are pale grey-brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

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

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 35 (1910), p. 233, No. 172.

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    (written 22 January 2017, updated 29 April 2025)