Diactenis tryphera Common, 1965
SCHOENOTENINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Diactenis tryphera
(Photo: courtesy of Sarah Renneberg , Innisfail, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, each with complex brown markings including a dark transverse band. The hindwings are white, shading to pale brown at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    A revision of the Australian Tortricini, Schoenotenini, and Chlidanotini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae),
    Australian Journal of Zoology,
    Volume 13 (1965) pp. 613-726.


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    (written 15 June 2019, updated 10 May 2024)