Toonavora aellaea

Toonavora aellaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Toonavora
Species: T. aellaea
Binomial name
Toonavora aellaea
(Turner, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Eucosma aellaea Turner, 1916

Toonavora aellaea is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-brown, with dark fuscous-brown transverse lines. There are alternate fuscous-brown and whitish strigulae on the costa. The hindwings are brownish-fuscous, but paler towards the base.[1]

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