(erroneously known as Trymaltis optima) CHLIDANOTINI, CHLIDANOTINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has forewings that are off-white, with brown-edged orange spots at the wingtip, the costa, and in the middle, and brown markings along the hind-margin. The hindwings are plain brown. The labial palps and the legs are very furry. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species occurs in:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 7.17, p. 277.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 36, Part 2 (1911), pp. 294-295, No. 439.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 220.
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(updated 26 March 2012, 23 March 2019)