Capua pentazona Lower, 1901 EPITYMBIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

The Caterpillars of this species feed on dead leaves of Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus ).

mating pair, female on the left
(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Bruny Island, Tasmania)

The adults have brown forewings each with several dark-edged pale bands, some broken. The hindwings are a mottled brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

This species has been found in

Tasmania.

The species has been placed in the DEBILIANA GROUP, which has as its type species Sciaphila debiliana.

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Further reading : Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 25, Part II (1901), p. 75.

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(written 24 October 2021, updated 20 December 2022)