![]() | (formerly known as Tortrix molesta) ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult female moth of this species has pale brown forewings, each with variable dark markings, sometimes including a dark dot near the middle, and a dark mark on the hind-margin near the tornus. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The forewings are pale brown, each with a dark diagonal medial band, and a dark triangle on the margin. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), pp. 222-223, No. 155.
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(written 1 Februaary 2025)