Adoxophyes melichroa

Adoxophyes melichroa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. It is found in Australia (Queensland) and New Guinea.

Adoxophyes melichroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Adoxophyes
Species:
A. melichroa
Binomial name
Adoxophyes melichroa
(Lower, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Capua melichroa Lower, 1899
  • Tortrix rufostriatana Pagenstecher, 1900

The wingspan is 15–16 mm for males and 18–21 mm for females. The basal patch on the forewings is sometimes marked with several dark ferruginous-fuscous strigulae (fine streaks) towards the dorsum. The central fascia are narrow and dark purplish fuscous mixed with ferruginous. The hindwings are whitish yellowish.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from September to December and in April.

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