ARCHIPINI, TORTRICINAE, TORTRICIDAE, TORTRICOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Reiner Richter, Monbulk, Victoria)
The adult moth of this species has wings that are orange or yellow, with approximately seven pale grey diagonal bands interspersed by black wiggly lines across each forewing. The black lines each end in a set of a dozen or so black spots on the forewing costa. The hindwings are dark grey. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera VI: Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 425-426, No. 2.
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(updated 11 December 2022)