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Zacorisca phaeoxesta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Tortricidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Zacorisca

Zacorisca phaeoxesta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on New Guinea and on Seram.

The wingspan is 30-34 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, greyish ochreous or brownish ochreous with a short dark blue mark on the base of the dorsum and a broad whitish-yellow or ochreous-white costal streak. The hindwings are dark brown grey, but browner posteriorly.

References

Zacorisca phaeoxesta Wikipedia