Anthozela daressalami

Anthozela daressalami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Anthozela
Species:	A. daressalami
Binomial name
	Anthozela daressalami; Razowski, 2013

Anthozela daressalami is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Tanzania.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish pink in the distal half and whitish proximally, sparsely spotted and strigulated (finely streaked) with brown and suffused with olive cream in the basal part and olive grey towards the posterior edge. The costal strigulae are yellowish cream and there is a brown oval blotch before the middle of the termen. The hindwings are brownish to the middle and more cream posteriorly.

Etymology

The species name refers to Dar es Salaam, the type locality.[1]

References

Razowski, J. 2013: Accessions to the Afrotropical fauna of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), 2.Polish journal of entomology, 82(3): 23-59. doi:10.2478/v10200-012-0032-9 .

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[1] Razowski, J. 2013: Accessions to the Afrotropical fauna of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), 2.Polish journal of entomology, 82(3): 23-59. doi:10.2478/v10200-012-0032-9 .