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Adoxophyes panxantha

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Adoxophyes panxantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Adoxophyes
Species:
A. panxantha
Binomial name
Adoxophyes panxantha
(Lower, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Capua panxantha Lower, 1901

Adoxophyes panxantha is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, with pale glistening iridescence and with darker strigulae (fine streaks). The markings are indicated by dark reddish-fuscous irroration (speckling). The hindwings are ochreous, the dorsal third tinged with fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tortricid.net
  2. ^ "Revision of Australian Tortricina". Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.