Strepsicrates infensa (Meyrick, 1911)
 (previously known as Spilonota infensa)
EUCOSMINI,   OLETHREUTINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Strepsicrates infensa
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has dark brown forewings with grey splodges. The hindwings are pale brown with dark veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Strepsicrates infensa
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The species has been found in

  • New Zealand,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

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

    Further reading :

    Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
    Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series, Volume 10,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2006.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 36, Part 2 (1911), p. 228, No. 295.

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    (updated 2 June 2011, 2 July 2019, 19 November 2020)