Epiphyas sobrina (Turner, 1945) (formerly known as Tortrix sobrina) ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a vague pale diagonal band across the middle of the wing. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 1.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Contributions to our knowledge of the Australian Tortricidae (Lepidoptera),
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 69 (1945), p. 62.

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(written 21 January 2023)