Asterolepis earina Common, 1965 TORTRICINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Iron Range, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has pale brown forewings, each with a large and several small brown-edged green patches on the costa, and a dark brown spot near the middle. The hindwings are translucent off-white. The margins of all four wings are slightly concave. The thorax is green. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

digitally repaired
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
A revision of the Australian Tortricini, Schoenotenini, and Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae),
Australian Journal of Zoology,
Volume 13 (1965) pp. 613-726.

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(written 15 June 2019, updated 9 May 2024)