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Tortricid Moth

Glyphidoptera insignana

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A very small attractive brown moth with a wing span of 15 mm. It seemed to rest with its wings tented showing a scattering of deep rich red spots with white outlines. The largest of these spots was on the middle of each fore wing's e inner margin and when at rest these spots looked like a transverse band of red. <br>
The spots at the base of the wings coloured an erectile tuft.

Habitat:

Spotted under bright garden lights - warm night

Notes:

Larvae of these species were found feeding on Myrtaceae. <br>
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: Tortricinae

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