Epitymbia eudrosa (Turner, 1916)
(one synonym is : Pyrgotis pyrrhocremna, Meyrick, 1922)
TORTRICINAETORTRICIDAE

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

(updated 22 October 2008)

Epitymbia eudrosa
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are pale brown, each with broad dark brown diagonal band and a dark triangular mark on the costa. The hindwings are a uniform pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The pheromones of this species have been investigated. The species occurs in :

  • New Guinea, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Marianne Horak & Ian F.B. Common,
    A Revision of the Australian Genus Epitymbia Meyrick, with Remarks on the Epitymbiini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Australian Journal of Zoology, Volume 33, Part 4 (1985), pp. 577-622.


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