Copromorpha lichenitis (Turner, 1916)
(previously known as Trychnostola lichenitis)
COPROMORPHIDAE,   COPROMORPHOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Copromorpha lichenitis
(Photo: courtesy of Rebecca Stroud, Bli Bli, Queensland)

The adult moths have green forewings speckled with brown, each with a broad vague pale area in the middle. The hindwings are fawn. The green colour fades to brown in dead specimens. The wingspan is about 2.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading:

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera of the family Tortricidae,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 40 (1916), pp. 502-503.


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    (written 24 July 2019, updated 19 January 2022)