Adoxophyes tripselia (Lower, 1908) (formerly known as Capua tripselia) ARCHIPINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are pale brown with irregular variable white bands across them. The hindwings are very pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Tortricina,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 32 (1908), pp. 318-319.

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(written 24 July 2015, updated 29 October 2025)