Leurogyia peristictum Common, 1965 CHLIDANOTINI,   CHLIDANOTINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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 of this species has off-white forewings, each with some scattered brown markings, and a set of oblique brown dashes along the costa. The forewings have hooked wingtips. The hindwings are plain brown, darkening at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species occurs in Australia in:

Queensland.

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Ian F.B. Common,
A revision of the Australian Tortricini, Schoenotenini, and Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae),
Australian Journal of Zoology,
Volume 13 (1965) p. 722.

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(written 24 March 2019)