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Anthozela daressalami

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Anthozela

Anthozela daressalami is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Tanzania.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish pink in the distal half and whitish proximally, sparsely spotted and strigulated (finely streaked) with brown and suffused with olive cream in the basal part and olive grey towards the posterior edge. The costal strigulae are yellowish cream and there is a brown oval blotch before the middle of the termen. The hindwings are brownish to the middle and more cream posteriorly.

Etymology

The species name refers to Dar es Salam, the type locality.

References

Anthozela daressalami Wikipedia