Holocola phaeoscia

Holocola phaeoscia 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.

Holocola phaeoscia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Holocola
Species:
H. phaeoscia
Binomial name
Holocola phaeoscia
(Turner, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Eucosma phaeoscia Turner, 1916
  • Eucosma leuconota Turner, 1946

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are fuscous, the costal fold barred with dark fuscous. There is a dark-fuscous basal patch and a suffused grey-whitish dorsal streak to a large dark-fuscous blotch in disc before the middle, succeeded by a small ochreous-brown suffusion towards the dorsum. The hindwings are grey.[1]

References
  1. New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae
Wikispecies has information related to Holocola phaeoscia.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holocola phaeoscia.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.