Carposina mimodes Meyrick, 1910 CARPOSINIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Helen Wakefield, Bindoon, Western Australia)

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with various markings including a narrow dark band across the middle, and submarginal zigzag line. The hindwings are off-white. The labial palps are relatively large and hairy, with dark tips, and held straight out in front of the head. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), pp. 149-150, No. 12.

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(written 25 January 2023)