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Dichelopa panoplana

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Species of moth

Dichelopa panoplana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Dichelopa
Species: D. panoplana
Binomial name
Dichelopa panoplana
(Meyrick, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Dichelia panoplana Meyrick, 1881
  • Dichelopa heterozyga Turner, 1916
  • Lamyrodes molybdospora Turner, 1926

Dichelopa panoplana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is known from Australia, where it widespread in semiarid areas from southern Queensland to South Australia.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are reddish-brown, mixed with fuscous and crossed by numerous broken silvery transverse lines. The hindwings are dark-brown.

The larvae feed on Dodonaea species.

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Dichelopa panoplana
Dichelia panoplana


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