Meritastis lythrodana (Meyrick,1881)
(previously known as Cacoecia lythrodana)
EPITYMBIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Meritastis lythrodana
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

These Caterpillars have been found in the leaf litter of Eucalyptus trees, probably eating the dead leaves.

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

The adult moth of this species has wings that are grey, with a broad dark fragmented 'Y' shaped mark on each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The pheromones of this species have been investigated.

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VI: Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 497-498, No. 15.


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    (updated 6 June 2010, 9 July 2019, 24 September 2020)