Choreutis limonias (Meyrick, 1907) (previously known as Simaethis limonias) CHOREUTINAE,   CHOREUTIDAE,   SESIOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan, Jindalba, Queensland)

The adults of this species have forewings with bands of orange, brown, and grey, each forewing with a vague eyespot near the middle. The hindwings are brown streaked with orange near the bases. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species is found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 32 (1907), pp. 111-112, No. 207.

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(written 5 April 2014)