| (one synonym : Grapholita mutatana, Walker, 1863) EPITYMBIINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
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| (one synonym : Grapholita mutatana, Walker, 1863) EPITYMBIINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species has forewings that are pale brown, each with a broad grey diagonal band and a grey triangle on the costa, outlined in black. The hindwings are plain grey. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in :
The genus of this moth is controversial. The Checklist lists Cochylis Treitschke, 1829, and Conchylis Sodoffsky, 1837, as synonyms. Thus Cochylis is the senior synonym, Walker however used to junior name Conchylis. The Checklist suggested placing this species its own genus as Vacuana vacuana. under which we list it here.
Further reading
Francis Walker,
Tortricites & Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 28 (1863), p. 367, No. 124.
Francis Walker,
Tortricites & Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 28 (1863), p. 393, No. 161.
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(updated 12 September 2009, 29 April 2018, 21 January 2020)