(previously known as Trychnostola lichenitis) COPROMORPHIDAE, COPROMORPHOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(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.
The species has been found in :
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)