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	Tortricidae (family)	2 Sep 2024	donhe
	Capua cnaphalodes	29 Aug 2024	WendyEM

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ibaird wrote:

1 Sep 2024

Looks similar t0 Capua cnaphalodes on Bold Systems:-
https://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?searchMenu=taxonomy&query=Capua+cnaphalodes&taxon=Capua+cnaphalodes
Although doesn't look very similar to Tarachota cnaphalodes photos so set specimens on the ALA which the Australian Faunal Diirectory recognizes as a sysnonym.

donhe wrote:

2 Sep 2024

Can you tell if it is in Archipini or Epitymbiini ?

WendyEM wrote:

2 Sep 2024

If you go to this field on ALA it gives you this info (unless it is different on Aus. faunal Dir. ?)
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/67f56f25-da6a-445b-af01-8921fc8034a5#classification

donhe wrote:

2 Sep 2024

That lists the named taxa in each tribe.
How, looking at this photo, can we discover its tribe?

WendyEM wrote:

2 Sep 2024

I am not a taxonomist. I don't know. Probably involves dissection. I don't do that either. According to Common 1990 Epitymbiini larvae feed on dead leaves (very uncommon in Tortricids worldwide) usually Eucalyptus. Archipini largely feed on living leaves from hides made by sewing leaves together. Maybe Epitymbiini moths tend to be browner - dead leaf looking?

donhe wrote:

2 Sep 2024

I cannot find any creditable matches to the wing pattern in the pictures that I have available of 217 Tortricidae species.
Just from this photo, I cannot get any further than Tortricidae.

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