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Clepsis melaleucana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Clepsis

Clepsis melaleucana, the black-patched clepsis, is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in North America from Alberta to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Missouri.

The forewing is yellowish cream and has a large dark brown blotch that extends diagonally upward from the inner margin near the anal angle. Between the large blotch and the thorax, there may be other brown blotches and shading because it varies from each moth in the species. It has a wingspan that ranges from 18 to 25 millimeters. Adults are on wing from May to July.

References

Clepsis melaleucana Wikipedia