Cnephasia melanophaea

Cnephasia melanophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cnephasia
Species: C. melanophaea
Binomial name
Cnephasia melanophaea
Meyrick, 1927

"Cnephasia" melanophaea is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-grey, mixed with white and some scattered blackish strigulae. The hindwings of the males are grey, becoming darker posteriorly. The hindwings of the females are pale grey, becoming grey posteriorly.[1]

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