| Polychrosis meliscia | |
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| Female holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Polychrosis |
| Species: | P. meliscia |
| Binomial name | |
| Polychrosis meliscia | |
| Synonyms | |
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Polychrosis meliscia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. [2] [1] It is found in New Zealand at the Kermadec Islands.
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1910 using specimens collected on Raoul Island and named Polychrosis meliscia. [3] [4] In 1972 J. S. Dugdale referred to this species as Lobesia meliscia. [5] But in 1988 Dugdale discussed this species under its original name Polychrosis meliscia. [2] This placement was confirmed in 2010 by Robert Hoare in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity where the species was again discussed under the name Polychrosis meliscia. [6] The female holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.
Meyrick described this species as follows:
♀. 18mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous, second joint of palpi finely sprinkled with dark fuscous towards middle. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen gently rounded, oblique; 2 from ¾ of cell; whitish-ochreous finely speckled with dark fuscous, and irregularly strewn with small ferruginous-ochreous strigulæ; markings faint, indefinite, formed by greater development of dark speckling and strigulation; a moderate basal patch, outer edge nearly straight, rather oblique; central fascia indicated by a broad costal blotch reaching half across wing and a patch before tornus; cilia whitish-ochreous, obscurely barred with ferruginous-ochreous. Hindwings grey-whitish, posteriorly faintly strigulated with grey; cilia whitish. [3]
This species is found on the Kermadec Islands. [2]
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