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Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)

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The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths.

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Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)

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Epiphyas euphara at Yaouk, NSW - 13 Dec 2025 by AlisonMilton

Asthenoptycha sp. A (ANIC) (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae) at Paddys River, ACT - 4 Dec 2025 by TimL

Scolioplecta comptana (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae) at Pebbly Beach, NSW - 10 Nov 2025 by Pirom

Rupicolana celatrix (A Tortricid moth (Archipini) at Downer, ACT - 29 Sep 2025 by RobertD

Meritastis umbrosa (A Tortricid moth (Epitymbiini)) at Harrison, ACT - 10 May 2025 by DPRees125

Asthenoptycha iriodes (A Tortricid moth (Epitymbiini) at Ainslie, ACT - 27 Feb 2025 by jb2602

Crocidosema lantana (Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth) at Tharwa, ACT - 5 Feb 2025 by Miranda

Clarana atristrigana (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae)) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 10 Apr 2020 by WendyEM

Latest sightings

Tortricinae (subfamily) by CathB

Holocola (genus) by Csteele4

Meritastis laganodes (A Tortrix moth) at Cotter River, ACT - 29 Dec 2025 by patrickcox

Subfurcatana subfurcatana (A Tortricid moth) at Kiandra, NSW - 25 Dec 2025 by Jennybach

Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) at Higgins, ACT - 27 Dec 2025 by AlisonMilton

Capua intractana (A Tortricid moth) at Cook, ACT - 8 Dec 2025 by CathB

Epiphyas xylodes (A Tortricid moth (Tortricinae)) by CathB

Strepsicrates (genus) by CathB

Crocidosema plebejana (Cotton Tipworm Moth) at Cook, ACT - 10 Dec 2025 by CathB

Capua intractana (A Tortricid moth) by CathB

Euphona euphona (A Tortricid moth (Epitymbiini) at Nadgee, NSW - 10 Dec 2025 by Pirom

Subfurcatana subfurcatana (A Tortricid moth) at Yaouk, NSW - 13 Dec 2025 by AlisonMilton

Epiphyas euphara at Yaouk, NSW - 13 Dec 2025 by AlisonMilton

Strepsicrates sphenophora (A Totricid moth) at Parkes, ACT - 6 Dec 2025 by TimL

Meritastis laganodes by DianneClarke

Capua intractana (A Tortricid moth) at Turner, ACT - 10 Dec 2025 by ConBoekel

Epiphyas postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth) at Turner, ACT - 9 Dec 2025 by ConBoekel

Subfurcatana subfurcatana (A Tortricid moth) at Michelago, NSW - 13 Dec 2025 by danswell

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WendyEM wrote:

8 Jan 2026

Holocola ?

Holocola (genus)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

6 Jan 2026

Looks like it

Holocola (genus)

ibaird wrote:

5 Jan 2026

Could they be Heliocosma Group (Tortricoidea)?
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/helc/helc-cats.html

Holocola (genus)

WendyEM wrote:

20 Dec 2025

Epiphyas xylodes
https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=270952
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&preferred_place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=495709

Epiphyas xylodes

ibaird wrote:

16 Dec 2025

A new species sighting for NaturreMapr for this not commonly recorded species. Other sight records onlinr are from northern NSW but has been recoreded from the ACT before.

Epiphyas euphara

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