Capnoptycha zostrophora (Turner, 1925) (formerly known as Dicellitis zostrophora) EPITYMBIINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of David Tng, Danbulla, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, each with eight or so incomplete palish transverse bands. The hindwings are pale brown darkening at the wingtips. All four wings have slightly recurved margins. The wingspan is about 1.3 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 49 (1925), p. 54.

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(written 16 June 2019, updated 15 February 2026