| COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Mallacoota, Victoria)
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| COSMOPTERIGINAE, COSMOPTERIGIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris, Mallacoota, Victoria)
The adult moths have black forewings each with four white bands, the outer one being curved. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening towards brown wingtips. The wingspan is about 1.2 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Tortricidae
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1 (1915), p. 217.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 26 January 2017, updated 18 October 2025)