Zacorisca phaeoxesta

Zacorisca phaeoxesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Zacorisca
Species: Z. phaeoxesta
Binomial name
Zacorisca phaeoxesta
Meyrick, 1924[1]

Zacorisca phaeoxesta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on New Guinea and on Seram.

The wingspan is 30-34 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, greyish ochreous or brownish ochreous with a short dark blue mark on the base of the dorsum and a broad whitish-yellow or ochreous-white costal streak. The hindwings are dark brown grey, but browner posteriorly.[2]

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