Capua nummulata Meyrick, 1910 EPITYMBIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

The adults are brown, with the forewings having scattered dark grey and white spots. The hindwings are dark grey.

(Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

The moth can erect a dark brown crest on the thorax. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

This species has been found in

New South Wales.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

The genus Capua is inappropriate for this species, but a better one has not yet been proposed.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), pp. 187-188, No. 81.

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(written 28 October 2019, updated 29 April 2025)