Acropolitis ergophora Meyrick, 1910
 ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Acropolitis ergophora
(Photo: courtesy of Michael Bedingfield, Conder, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species are pale grey, fading to brown in old specimens, with two or three irregular broad diagonal pale bands across each forewing, and a faint pattern of wiggly lines on each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species seems to occur in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 35 (1910), p. 175, No. 54.

    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    Lepidoptera
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (written 31 October 2017, updated 6 July 2019)