(formerly known as Dipterina phyllodes) OLETHREUTINI, OLETHREUTINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moth has brown forewings with complex patterns. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening towards the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in Australia in
Further reading
Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series, Volume 10,
CSIRO Publishing, 2006.
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 24 (1899), p. 93.
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(written 12 October 2018)