1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

1-6: two ♂♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-6: two ♀♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: Walker (1863: 448-449) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Synonyms

• Coesa viduella Walker, 1866 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Toxoloma australe Felder, 1874 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Selca obscura Swinhoe, 1892 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.2. Faunistics

Emmerson & Hoare (2019: 66) declare this Australian species as adventive for Albany (Auckland, New Zealand): "Fairly common from November until April."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.3. Literature

• Emmerson, A. & R. Hoare (2019): Lepidoptera from Redvale, Albany, north of Auckland, New Zealand, 2004-2016: an annotated list. — The Weta, 53: 43-70. [/weta.ento.org.nz]
• Original description: Walker, F. (1863): List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 28. Tortricites & Tineites: 287-561.