(previously known as : Totrix euplectra)
OLETHREUTINAE , TORTRICIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 24 September 2009)
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 24 September 2009)
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
These caterpillars have been found feeding on the fruit of:
The adult moth has forewings that are pale brown with complex markings. The hindwings are plain brown. The moth has a crest of scales on the thorax. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading:
Alexey Diakonoff,
The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae).
1973, Brill (Leiden). pp. 29, 32, 533.
Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai
Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series, Volume 10,
CSIRO Publishing, 2006, pp. 123-124.
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