Tolpia conscitulana Walker, 1863
HYPENODINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Tolpia conscitulana
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is brown with a few dark marks on each forewing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The moths have been found in

  • Borneo,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Francis Walker,
    Tortricites & Tineites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 28 (1863), p. 450.


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    (updated 27 September 2011, 8 September 20123)