Carposina telesia Meyrick, 1910
CARPOSINIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Carposina telesia
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth has pale brown forewings, each with several variable reddish brown areas, and dark brown spots, some sometimes ringed with pale brown. There are dark brown spots along the costa, and the margin. The dark scales on each forewing can be erected as a series of dark crests. The hindwings are off-white, and have a sinuous margin. The labial palps are long and hairy. These and the head, thorax and abdomen are off-white. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Carposina telesia
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The species has been found in

  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Western Australia.

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


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 35 (1910), pp. 150-151, No. 13.


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    (written 4 June 2019, updated 18 April 2021)