(previously known as Argyroploce vinculata) OLETHREUTINI, OLETHREUTINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan)
The Caterpillars of this species curl the leaves of their foodplant, securing them with silk, to make a shelter in which they hide. The caterpillars have been found feeding on
The adult moth has forewings that each have a brown speckle pattern with a dark brown mark on the hind margin. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.
The species occurs 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.
Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2, Part 1 (1916), p. 21.
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(created 30 January 2012, updated 3 July 2019, 26 September 2020)