(formerly known as Palaeobia volutana) ENARMONIINI, OLETHREUTINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Morwell National Park, Victoria)
The adult moths have brown forewings each with various markings including a broad pale curved band from base to the middle of the hind margin. The hindwings are pale brown, fading toward the bases. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species occurs in:
Further reading :
Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series, Volume 10,
CSIRO Publishing, 2006, pp. 204-211.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VI Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 663-664, No. 3.
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(written 9 January 2017, updated 19 September 2020)