Epiphyas sobrina (Turner, 1945)
(formerly known as Tortrix sobrina)
ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Epiphyas sobrina
(Photo: courtesy of Dianne Clarke, Maleny, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with a vague pale diagonal band across the middle of the wing. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 1.8 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Contributions to our knowledge of the Australian Tortricidae (Lepidoptera),
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 69 (1945), p. 62.


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    (written 21 January 2023)