Tanychaeta neanthes (Turner, 1933)
(formerly known as Arotrophora neanthes neanthes)
CNEPHASIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Tanychaeta neanthes
(Photo: courtesy of Samantha Vassella, Brisbane, Queensland)

The adult moths have brown forewings, each with various markings including a black line along the costa, and a rusty streak edged both sides with greenish-yellow along the middle of the wing, and a large sub-marginal yellowish patch. The forewing are speckled sparsely with white. The hindwings are off-white darkening toward the wingtips. The labial palps are pale brown and as long as the head which is also pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

In its resting posture, the costa of each forewing is rolled under the rest of the forewing, giving the moth a narrow appearance.
The species has been found in:

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 57 (1933), pp. 171-172.


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    (written 27 June 2019, updated 10 May 2024)