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Adoxophyes templana

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Adoxophyes templana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Adoxophyes
Species:
A. templana
Binomial name
Adoxophyes templana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix templana Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Adoxophyes ioterma Meyrick, 1910
  • Adoxophyes thelcteropa Turner, 1945

Adoxophyes templana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Australia (the Northern Territory and Queensland), but also on the Bismarck Archipelago.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Citrus, Rhizophora stylosa, Aegiceras corniculatum, Excoecaria agallocha, Melaleuca dealbata and Melaleuca quinquenervia.[3]

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