(previously known as Tortrix crypsilopha) ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of David Mules, Genoa, Victoria)
The moths have a variable pattern of light and dark brown, grey, and orange patches on the forewings. The hindwings are grey, each with a tuft of scales on the costa. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species has been reported in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 49 (1925), p. 50.
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(written 8 November 2017, updated 7 March 2023)