Metallic Leaf Roller: Profile

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Tortrix Moth (Tortricoidea:Tortricidae)

Species:

Metallic Leaf Roller (Eucosma sp ES05)

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Profile

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
We originally thought this was Grapholita sp because of the trailing bars on the wing, but this genus now seems to be restricted to coastal Eastern Seaboard areas.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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