Phaecasiophora rufata

Phaecasiophora rufata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Phaecasiophora
Species: P. rufata
Binomial name
Phaecasiophora rufata
Razowski, 2009

Phaecasiophora rufata is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Vietnam.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow-brown, along distal third of the costal slightly tinged with pinkish and suffused brown dorsally. The hindwings are brownish.

Etymology

The name refers to colouration of forewing and is derived from Latin rufata (meaning tinged rust).

References

  1. Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum.6.Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (145): 115-143.


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