Apoctena flavescens

Apoctena flavescens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand, where it is found on both the North and South islands.

Apoctena flavescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Apoctena
Species:
A. flavescens
Binomial name
Apoctena flavescens
(Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teras flavescens Butler, 1877
  • Cacoecia acrocausta Meyrick, 1907
  • Tortrix inusitata Philpott, 1919

The larvae are polyphagous.[2]

References
  1. tortricidae.com
  2. J.S. Dugdale 1990: Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 17(3): 437-465.
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