Bactra optanias
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Bactra |
| Species: | B. optanias
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| Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
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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]
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[edit]
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- ^ "Species Details: Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 October 2012). "Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Razowski, J. (2013). "Leaf-rollers from New Caledonia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 41 (161): 69-93.
- ^ New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae
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