Lopharcha chalcophanes

Lopharcha chalcophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Lopharcha
Species:	L. chalcophanes
Binomial name
	Lopharcha chalcophanes; (Meyrick, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
	Peronea chalcophanes Meyrick, 1931; Acleris chalcophanes Clarke, 1958; Lopharcha chalcophanes Diakonoff, 1974;

Lopharcha chalcophanes is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1931.[2] It is found in India, the Bismarck Islands and Sri Lanka.[3]

The wingspan of the male is 10 mm. Head and thorax darkly infuscated. Forewings oblong and narrow. Forewings light glossy golden ochreous, with brownish-glossy-grey tufts. Two leaden-greyish horizontal patches present. Cilia light ochreous. Hindwing glossy bright golden ochreous.[4]

References

Tortricidae.com
"Species Details: Lopharcha chalcophanes Meyrick, 1931". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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[1] Tortricidae.com

[2] "Species Details: Lopharcha chalcophanes Meyrick, 1931". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[3] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79): 1–57 – via Academia.

[4] Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.