Aeolostoma scutiferana (Meyrick, 1881)
 (one synonym : Capua catoxia, Turner, 1925)
EPITYMBIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Aeolostoma scutiferana
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with various markings including a pale band along the margin. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera V: Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 1, Volume 6, Part 3 (1881), pp. 456-457, No. 11.

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    (updated 19 September 2009, 6 July 2019, 27 September 2020)