Isochorista pumicosa Meyrick, 1910 ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Morwell National Park, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are dark brown, with vague variable bands of flecks of pale grey and orange. The bands fade to pale brown in dead specimens. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening towards the margins. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in :

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), p. 167, No. 37.

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(written 24 January 2017, updated 21 June 2019, 22 September 2020)