Meritastis laganodes (Meyrick, 1910) (previously known as Tortrix laganodes) EPITYMBIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Yarra Ranges, Victoria)

The adult male moth of this species has forewings that are brown, each speckled with dark spots that group to form a vague dark transverse band, and a triangular mark on the costa. The hindwings are pale brown. 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

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), pp. 238-239, No. 184.

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(written 26 January 2017, updated 9 July 2019, 23 January 2021)