Paraccra mimesa

Paraccra mimesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Paraccra
Species: P. mimesa
Binomial name
Paraccra mimesa
Razowski, 2005[1]

Paraccra mimesa is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is bluish grey, the costa and proximal half of the termen edged with yellowish ochreous marked with blackish spots and grey dots respectively. The ochreous orange fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the end of the termen is marked red inside. The hindwings are brown.[3]

The larvae feed on the fruit of Agelaea pentagyna and Rourea thomsoni.

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Razowski, J., 2005: Notes and descriptions of primitive Tortricini from Tropical Africa, with a list of Asian taxa (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 33 (132): 423-436. Full article:.
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