Bactra optanias

Bactra optanias is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[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]

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

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
  1. "Species Details: Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 October 2012). "Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  4. Razowski, J. (2013). "Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 41 (161): 69-93.
  5. New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae


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