Adoxophyes parameca

Adoxophyes parameca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Tortricidae
Genus:Adoxophyes
Species: A. parameca
Binomial name
Adoxophyes parameca
Razowski, 2013

Adoxophyes parameca is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Seram Island in Indonesia. The habitat consists of upper montane forests.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are cream ferruginous, suffused with ferruginous and spotted and strigulated (finely streaked) with brown. The markings are brownish, strigulated with dark brown. The hindwings are whitish, slightly tinged with yellow.

Etymology

The species name refers to the ductus seminalis and is derived from Greek paramekes (meaning elongate).[1]

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