(formerly known as Homona hilaomorpha) EPITYMBIINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has pale brown forewings, each with a large variable dark patch at the base. The forewings have recurved wingtips. The hindwings each have a pale brown costal half, and a grey hind-marginal half. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 50 (1926), pp. 134-135.
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(written 14 June 2019, updated 15 November 2020)