(formerly known as Dichelia atristrigana) ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dianne Clarke,
Jerrabomberra, New South Wales)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with variable dark markings including a dark patch by the base, and a jagged dark arc curving sometimes from costa to hind-margin back to the costa. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VI: Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 475-476, No. 7.
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(written 25 May 2024)