Taeniarchis catenata (Meyrick, 1910) (one synonym is Eucosma ochrotorna Turner, 1946) CNEPHASIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Jules9184, Mount Mellum, Queensland)

The adult moths have patchy brown forewings, each with a dark area at the base, an irregular partial curved dark band across the middle, and a dark arc across the wingtip. The hindwings are off-white, each darkening toward the wingtip and the tornus, and crossed by faint wiggly brown arcs. All four wings have recurved margins. The labial palps are as long as the head. In its habitual posture, it holds its wings to form the shape of a neolithic arrowhead. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Tortricina,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 35 (1910), pp. 272-273, No. 253.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Contributions to our knowledge of the Australian Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). Part II,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 70 (1946), pp. 205-206.

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(written 27 June 2019, updated 9 May 2024)