CARPOSINIDAE, COPROMORPHOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of thhe Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with a large brown-edged grey smudge in the middle, and some orange-edged black dots, including rows along the costa and the margin, which are tussocks of elevated scales. The hindwings are off-white. The head, thorax, and abdomen, are off-white.
The labial palps are off-white and relatively large and hairy, with dark tips, and are held straight out in front of the head. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), p. 153, No. 18.
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(written 2 June 2019, updated 25 January 2023)