Capnoptycha ipnitis

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

Capnoptycha ipnitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Capnoptycha
Species:
C. ipnitis
Binomial name
Capnoptycha ipnitis
(Meyrick, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Drachmobola ipnitis Meyrick, 1910
  • Dichelopa ipnitis
  • Batodes ochrochyta Turner, 1916
  • Dicellitis theticophara Turner, 1925
  • Batodes nimbifera Turner, 1945
  • Acroclita albifusa Turner, 1946
  • Acroclita atacta Turner, 1946

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, the median area suffused with whitish. There is a fuscous basal patch, containing several fine dark-fuscous transverse lines. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae
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