Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
(possibly synonymous with : Bactra passercula Turner, 1916)
 BACTRINI ,   OLETHREUTINAE ,   TORTRICIDAE

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

Bactra optanias
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moths have speckled grey forewings. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species may occur in:

  • New Zealand,
    although this may be a different species.
    It also occurs in:
  • Norfolk Island,
  • Papua, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading:

    Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
    Olethreutine moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), CSIRO Publishing, 2006, pp. 208-210,

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    (updated 11 September 2009)