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Adoxophyes panxantha

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Adoxophyes panxantha
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A. panxantha
Binomial name
Adoxophyes panxantha
(Lower, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Capua panxantha Lower, 1901

Adoxophyes panxantha is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, with pale glistening iridescence and with darker strigulae (fine streaks). The markings are indicated by dark reddish-fuscous irroration (speckling). The hindwings are ochreous, the dorsal third tinged with fuscous.[2]

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