Tortricopsis semijunctella

Tortricopsis semijunctella Walker, 1864
WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA

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

Tortricopsis semijunctella
(Photo: courtesy of Trevor Jinks, North Burnett, Queensland)

The Caterpillars of this species have been reported to feed on

dead leaves of Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus species, MYRTACEAE ), and

live flowers, leaves, and stems of Monterey Pine ( Pinus radiata, PINACEAE ).

The adult moth has brown forewings with some black marks on the costas and some vague dark brown and orange marks on the margins. The hindwings are yellow shading to brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland,

New South Wales,

Australian Capital Territory,

Victoria,

South Australia, and

Western Australia.

(Photo: courtesy of Trevor Jinks, North Burnett, Queensland)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. 24, 33, 237, 240, 241.

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), p. 777.

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(updated 1 November 2012, 18 January 2015, 3 December 2020)