Bactra optanias

Bactra optanias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Bactra
Species:	B. optanias
Binomial name
	Bactra optanias; Meyrick, 1911
Synonyms
	Bactra opatanias Meyrick, 1911; Bactra excelsa Diakonoff, 1956; Bactra litigatrix Meyrick, 1928; Bactra monochorda Diakonoff, 1950; Bactra passercula Turner, 1916;

Bactra optanias is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family.^[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]

References

^ "Species Details : Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
^ "ON A COLLECTION OF SOME FAMILIES OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA FROM SRI LANKA (CEYLON)". repository. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ Razowski, J., 2013: Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 41 (161): 69-93. Full article: [1].
^ New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae

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[1] "Species Details : Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[2] Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia

[3] "ON A COLLECTION OF SOME FAMILIES OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA FROM SRI LANKA (CEYLON)". repository. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[4] Razowski, J., 2013: Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 41 (161): 69-93. Full article: [1].

[5] New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae

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