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Acleris tunicatana

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Acleris tunicatana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acleris
Species:
A. tunicatana
Binomial name
Acleris tunicatana
Synonyms
  • Oxygrapha tunicatana Walsingham, 1900
  • Acleris kurokoi Yasuda, 1965

Acleris tunicatana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Japan.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark purple or purplish fuscous with scattered groups of scales. There are mixed purplish fuscous and greyish cinereous scales on the costa. The hindwings are whitish grey, tinged with pale cinereous towards the apex.[3]

References

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  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Acleris at funet
  3. ^ Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 5 (28): 372Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.