Charicrita citrozona Meyrick, 1913 YPONOMEUTINAE,   YPONOMEUTIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA

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

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

The adult moth has off-white forewings each with a ragged yellow zone at the base, two vague broad yellow bands, and some brown speckles around the margin. The hindwings are white shading to brown at the wingtips. Its wingspan is about 1.2 cms.

The species occurs in:

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Tortricidae
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1 (1915), p. 143.

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(written 4 April 2019)