Proselena tenella Meyrick, 1910
 (one synonym : Paraselena thamnas Meyrick, 1910)
SCHOENOTENINI,   TORTRICINAE,   TORTRICIDAE,   TORTRICOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Proselena tenella
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Duke N, Long Forest, Victoria)

The adult moth of this species has speckled golden forewings, each with three vague pale transverse bands. The hindwings are off-white darkening at the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

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

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 35 (1910), pp. 164-165, No. 32.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Tortricina,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 35 (1910), p. 165, No. 33.

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    (written 24 June 2019, updated 27 September 2020)