Bactra optanias explained

Bactra optanias is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, Norfolk Island),[2] New Zealand, Java, Tahiti, Sri Lanka,[3] New Caledonia, the Caroline Islands, the southern Mariana Islands, Rapa Iti and Micronesia.[4]

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are whitish brown or brown, with numerous fine oblique fuscous costal strigulae (fine streaks) and some fuscous dorsal dots, as well as a fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish, with slight greyish suffusion on the terminal edge.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911 . Catalogue of Life . 29 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Herbison-Evans . Don . Crossley . Stella . amp. 9 October 2012 . Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911 . Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths . 16 October 2018.
  3. Diakonoff . A. . 1982 . On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) . Zoologische Verhandelingen . 193 . 1–124 . Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  4. (2013). "Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 41 (161): 69-93.
  5. http://biostor.org/reference/114443 New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bactra optanias".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.