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Tortricopsis pyroptis
A small attractive moth that looked almost square because of a hunched back. Satiny wings were a creamy colour deepening to a reddish-brown towards the trailing margins. Two lines of small black dots slanted downwards from the mid-costal area.
Wing span - 20 mm.
Drawn to bright garden lights. Mixed natives in the area.
Synonym: Tortricopsis erythrura
Larvae of this species have been found feeding on dead phyllodes of wattle and fresh leaves of cypress and eucalyptus.
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Wingia group.
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