(formerly known as Tortrix hydractis) ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald , Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
The Caterpillars of this species have been reared on
This adult moth has off-white forewings, each with fragmented dark brown bands, or dark brown forewings, each with fragmented off-white bands. The hindwings are grey. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in :
The genus of this moth is currently under review.
Further reading
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina.,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), p. 246, No. 198.
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(written 30 March 2021)