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

The adult moths have grey forewings that have complex brown markings. The hindwings are plain grey. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species is native to

but in order to control Nutgrass: it has been introduced into other countries, including:

as well as Australia, where it now may be found in:

Further reading :

Alexey Diakonoff,
Bactrae,
The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae),
1973, Brill (Leiden). p. 357.

Marianne Horak and Furumi Komai,
Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series, Volume 10,
CSIRO Publishing, 2006, pp. 207-211.

Philipp C. Zeller,
Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sicilien beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten,
Isis von Oken, Jena,
Volume 12 (1847), pp. 738-739, No. 301.

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(updated 21 December 2024, 11 October 2025)