Acropolitis hedista (Turner, 1916) (one synonym : Acropolitis lichenica, Turner, 1925) ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Lamington National Park, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has wings that are pale brown, with a complex pattern on each forewing, including a vague irregular broad greenish-brown band across the middle ending in an orangish patch on the hind-margin. The hindwings are pale grey, shading darker at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera of the family Tortricidae,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 40 (1916), p. 200.

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(written 22 April 2019)