Apura xanthosoma

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Apura xanthosoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apura
Species:
A. xanthosoma
Binomial name
Apura xanthosoma
Turner, 1916 [1]

Apura xanthosoma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, mixed with whitish and suffused with ochreous-brown. The hindwings are grey. [2]

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References

  1. tortricidae.com.
  2. New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .