(formerly known as Sciaphila inconcisana) ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species has forewings that have a variable vague pattern of shades of brown, sometimes with dark streak. The hindwings are a uniform pale brown. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading
Francis Walker,
Tortricites & Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 28 (1863), p. 352, No. 64.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 6 November 2020)